Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Serranidae > Epinephelus > Epinephelus marginatus

Epinephelus marginatus (Yellowbelly rockcod; Yellowbelly grouper; Seabass; Dusky sea perch; Dusky perch; Dusky grouper; Duskey grouper)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Dusky Grouper (Epinephelus marginatus, formerly Epinephelus gigas), or Merou is the best known grouper of the Mediterranean Sea and North Africa coast.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  72.753 lbs (33.00 kg)
Female Maturity [2]  11 years
Maximum Longevity [2]  50 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Arcipelago delle Egadi - area marina e terrestre 119270 Italy    

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♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 3ANALYSIS OF TROPHIC ONTOGENY IN EPINEPHELUS MARGINATUS (SERRANIDAE), Marta LINDE, Antoni M. GRAU, Francesca RIERA & Enric MASSUTÍ-PASCUAL, Cybium 2004, 28(1): 27-35
♦ 4CONDINI, Mario V.; SEYBOTH, Elisa; VIEIRA, João P. and GARCIA, Alexandre M. Diet and feeding strategy of the dusky grouper Mycteroperca marginata (Actinopterygii: Epinephelidae) in a man-made rocky habitat in southern Brazil Neotrop. ichthyol. [online]. 2011, vol.9, n.1, pp. 161-168
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0