Epinephelus marginatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Serranidae
Subfamilia: Epinephelinae
Genus: Epinephelus
Species: Epinephelus marginatus

Name

Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)

Neotype: MMF 3388.
- Neotype designated by Heemstra, 1991
Possible syntype: BMNH 1858.4.2.81 (1).

Type locality: Off Madeira.

Synonyms

? Labrus gvaza Linnaeus, 1758
? Perca gigas Brünnich, 1768
? Holocentrus merou Lacepède, 1802
Serranus marginatus Lowe, 1834
Serranus fimbriatus Lowe, 1838
Serranus aspersus Jenyns, 1840
? Serranus cernioides de Brito Capello, 1867
Epinephelus brachysoma Cope, 1871

Vernacular names

aragonés: Mero
Deutsch: Riesen-Zackenbarsch
Ελληνικά: Ροφός
English: Dusky Grouper
español: Mero
suomi: Tummameriahven
עברית: דקר הסלעים
hrvatski: Kirnja
português: Mero
shqip: Kerr, Rufjo

References

Bertucci, F., Lejeune, P., Payrot, J. & Parmentier, E., 2015: Sound production by dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus at spawning aggregation sites. Journal of Fish Biology, DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12733

Lowe, R.T. 1834. Characters of a New Genus, and of several New Species of Fishes from Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1833 (1) (for 24 Dec.): 142–144. BHL Reference page.
Reid, K., Crochelet, E., Bloomer, P. & Hoareau, T.B. 2016. Investigating the origin of vagrant dusky groupers, Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834), in coastal waters of Réunion Island. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 98–103. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.012 Reference page.