Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Serranidae > Alphestes > Alphestes afer

Alphestes afer (Small grouper; Red nigger hamlet; Mutton hamlet; Mossy grouper; Mossfish; Hamlet; Guaseta; Coney; Cherna)

Synonyms: Epinephelus afer; Epinephelus lightfooti; Plectropoma chloropterum; Plectropoma monacanthus; Prospinus apiarius
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cayos Cochinos Archipelago National Park Natural Marine Monument   Honduras  
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Seaflower Marine Protected Area 15125514 Colombia      

Prey / Diet

Predators

Carcharhinus perezii (Caribbean reef shark)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cainocreadium lintoni[3]
Callitetrarhynchus gracilis[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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