Epinephelus marginatus
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Description
Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe 1834) —Dusky grouper
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Epinephelus gigas, L. by Gruvel (1931:101); subsequently recorded as Epinephelus guaza (Linnaeus 1758) by George et al. (1964: 17); as Epinephelus guaza (Linnaeus) by Mouneimné (1977: 62); as Epinephelus guaza (Linnaeus 1758) by Mouneimné (2002: 133); recently recorded as Epinephelus marginatus by Harmelin-Vivien et al. (2005: 629); as Epinephelus marginatus by Fanelli et al. (2015: 2169); as Epinephelus marginatus by Aguillar et al. (2018: 81). Material in collection: AUBM, BMNH (as E. guaza) and USNM.
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, eastern Atlantic: British Isles south to Angola, including offshore islands; western Atlantic: Brazil south to Argentina; Western Indian Ocean: South Africa to southern Mozambique; Réunion; Oman.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (VU: A2bd+4bd, 20 November 2016); Med. (EN: A2 d, 30 April 2004). Capture and threats: FIT, NIS, Unknown. Occurrence: Common. Significant decline in the last two decades. High priority for conservation action.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- EN
- Event date
- 2004-04-30
- Family
- Serranidae
- Genus
- Epinephelus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- A2
- Order
- Perciformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Lowe
- Species
- marginatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 2004-04-30/2016-11-20
- Taxonomic concept label
- Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) sec. Bariche & Fricke, 2020
References
- Gruvel, A. (1931) Les Etats de Syrie. Richesses marines et fluviales. Exploitation actuelle-Avenir. Societe d'Editions Geographiques, Maritimes et Coloniale, 453 pp.
- George, C. J., Athanassiou, V. A. & Boulos, I. (1964) The fishes of the coastal waters of Lebanon. Miscellaneous Papers in the Natural Sciences. The American University of Beirut, 4, 1 - 24.
- Mouneimne, N. (1977) Liste des poissons de la cote du Liban (Mediterranee orientale). Cybium, 3 (1), 37 - 66.
- Mouneimne, N. (2002) Poissons marins du Liban et de la Mediterranee orientale. INCAM-EU / CNRS Lebanon, Beyrouth, 271 pp.
- Harmelin-Vivien, M. L., Bitar, G., Harmelin, J. G. & Monestiez, P. (2005) The littoral fish community of the Lebanese rocky coast (eastern Mediterranean Sea) with emphasis on Red Sea immigrants. Biological Invasions, 7, 625 - 637. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10530 - 004 - 5852 - 4
- Fanelli, E., Azzurro, E., Bariche, M., Cartes, J. E. & Maynou, F. (2015) Depicting the novel Eastern Mediterranean food web: a stable isotopes study following Lessepsian fish invasion. Biological Invasions, 17, 2163 - 2178. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10530 - 015 - 0868 - 5