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Cephalopholis taeniopsCephalopholis taeniops (Spotted grouper; Grouper; Bluespotted seabream; Bluespotted seabass; African hind)
Synonyms: Bodianus maculatus (heterotypic); Bodianus taeniops; Epinephelus taeniops; Serranus taeniops
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A Grouper that occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. The common length is 40 cm (maximum size 70 cm). It lives in the Eastern Atlantic: Western Sahara to Angola, including Cape Verde and the São Tomé and Príncipe islands; also recorded from the Mediterranean. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via
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