WoRMS name details
Epinephelus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828)
159221 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159221)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Massachusetts, USA to the Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, the Caribbean, and southern Brazil; also in...
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Massachusetts, USA to the Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, the Caribbean, and southern Brazil; also in central and south American coasts to Suriname [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Epinephelus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159221 on 2024-04-18
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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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Diet Adults feed on fishes, gastropods, cephalopods, and brachyuran crustaceans [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: from Massachusetts, USA to the Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, the Caribbean, and southern Brazil; also in central and south American coasts to Suriname [details]
Habitat Adults occur well offshore on rocky bottoms. Juveniles may be found inshore and are often reported from the northeastern coast of the U.S. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial fishery [details]
