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Epinephelus morio (Valenciennes, 1828)

159354  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159354)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Bermuda; strays occur...  
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Bermuda; strays occur north to Massachusetts [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Epinephelus morio (Valenciennes, 1828). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159354 on 2024-04-16
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Epinephelus morio (Valenciennes, 1828). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159354 on 2024-04-16
Date
action
by
2005-05-27 09:47:05Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Diet Feeds on a wide variety of fishes and invertebrates [details]

Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Bermuda; strays occur north to Massachusetts [details]

Habitat Occurs mainly over rocky and muddy bottoms. Uncommon around coral reefs. Usually rests on the bottom. [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Importance Social- Commercial, fishery, gamefish and aquarium fish [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch rode zaagbaarsrode tandbaars  [details]
English red grouperdeer hamlet  [details]
French mérou rouge  [details]
German roter Grouper  [details]
Spanish cherna americana  [details]
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