Epinephelus undulosus

Wavy-lined grouper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Perciformes
Family:Serranidae
Genus:Epinephelus
Species: E. undulosus
Binomial name
Epinephelus undulosus
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Bodianus undulosus Quoy and Gaimard, 1824
  • Cephalopholis undulosus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)
  • Epinephelus undulosus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  • Serranus amboinensis Bleeker, 1852
  • Serranus lienatus Valenciennes, 1828 [1]

Epinephelus undulosus (wavy-lined grouper, brown-lined reefcod, mid-water rockcod, mid-water grouper) is a fish of a genus of groupers. It is a marine fish that inhabits coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. They are produced through aquaculture and commercially fished.

This reef-associated fish inhabits depths from 24 to 90 m (79 to 295 ft). The maximum length is 120 cm (47 in), and weight reaches 6.4 kg (14 lb).[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/132739/0
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Epinephelus undulosus" in FishBase. March 2015 version.


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