Epinephelus corallicola

Epinephelus corallicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Epinephelus
Species: E. corallicola
Binomial name
Epinephelus corallicola
(Valenciennes, 1828)
Synonyms[2]

Serranus corallicola Valenciennes, 1828
Serranus altivelioides Bleeker, 1849

Epinephelus corallicola, commonly known as the coral grouper, coral rock-cod, or duskyfin grouper, is a coastal-dwelling fish of the Western Pacific. The species is commonly found in shallow silty reefs and sometimes in estuarine areas.[1][3][4]

Description

The coral grouper resembles both Epinephelus howlandi and Epinephelus macrospilos. The body is brownish to greenish grey, with small black spots over all of the head, body and fins, becoming more numerous and widely spaced with growth.[3] It grows to 49 cm (19 in) total length,[4] possibly larger.[3]

Distribution

The coral grouper is found in the Western Pacific Ocean, including Thailand, Hong Kong, and Taiwan and southward to Australia, as well as eastward to the Solomon Islands and Mariana Islands.[1][4]

Habitat

The coral grouper may be found in either brackish or salt water. Its habitat is primarily shallow silty reefs, in water depths up to about 30 m.[4]

Utilization

Epinephelus corallicola is present in life reef food fish trade and small-scale commercial fishers,[1] but it is not considered commercially important.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rhodes, K.; et al. (2008). "Epinephelus corallicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T132763A3444891. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan, eds. (31 May 2017). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Heemstra, P.C.; Randall, J.E. (1993). FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125, Volume 16. Rome: FAO. 382 pp. ISSN 0014-5602. (Epinephelus corallicola: page 132–133)
  4. 1 2 3 4 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Epinephelus corallicola" in FishBase. February 2017 version.
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