| Accepted scientific name: |
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Epinephelus macrospilos (Bleeker, 1855) (accepted name) |
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| Synonyms: |
| Ephinephelus macrospilus (Bleeker, 1855) (synonym) |
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| Epinephelus faveatus (non Valenciennes, 1828) (misapplied name) |
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| Epinephelus macrospilus (Bleeker, 1855) (synonym) |
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| Epinephelus megachir (non Richardson, 1846) (misapplied name) |
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| Epinephelus microspilus (Bleeker, 1855) (synonym) |
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| Epinephelus quoyanus (non Valenciennes, 1830) (misapplied name) |
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| Serranus cylindricus Günther, 1859 (synonym) |
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| Serranus macrospilos Bleeker, 1855 (synonym) |
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| Common names: |
| Common name |
Transliteration |
Language |
Country |
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| Grootkol-klipkabeljou |
- |
Afrikaans |
South Africa |
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| Bulang |
- |
Agutaynen |
Philippines(Palawan) |
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| لُؤز أنف خانس |
- |
Arabic |
- |
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| Iuliuloa |
- |
Carolinian |
Micronesia |
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| Maccabit |
- |
Creole, French |
Réunion |
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| Vieille voleuse |
- |
Creole, French |
Mauritius |
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| Lapu-lapu |
- |
Davawenyo |
Philippines(Davao) |
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| Bigspot rockcod |
- |
English |
South Africa |
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| Large-spotted rockcod |
- |
English |
Papua New Guinea |
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| Snubnose grouper |
- |
English |
- |
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| Snubnose grouper |
- |
English |
Hawaii |
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| Snubnose grouper |
- |
English |
Micronesia |
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| Snubnose rock cod |
- |
English |
Indonesia |
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| Snubnose rockcod |
- |
English |
West Nggela |
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| Snubnose rockcod |
- |
English |
Australia |
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| Mérou tapis |
- |
French |
- |
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| Vieille chat |
- |
French |
Seychelles |
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| Kusele |
- |
Gela |
West Nggela |
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| Kurapu |
- |
Ilokano |
Philippines(Aparri, Cagayan) |
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| Kibirehata |
- |
Japanese |
Japan |
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| Phola-xedok |
- |
Kumak |
New Caledonia |
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| Kerapu |
- |
Malay (individual language) |
Malaysia |
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| 大斑石斑魚 |
Da ban shih ban yu |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| 大斑石斑鱼 |
- |
Mandarin Chinese |
- |
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| 大斑石斑鱼 |
Da ban shi ban yu |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| Momo |
- |
Marshallese |
- |
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| Mwananuya |
- |
Misima-Paneati |
Papua New Guinea |
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| Mero alfombrado |
- |
Spanish |
- |
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| Lapu lapu |
- |
Tagalog |
Philippines(Metro Manila) |
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| Lapu-lapu |
- |
Tagalog |
Philippines |
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| Classification: |
| Kingdom |
Animalia
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2b7e0a3-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Phylum |
Chordata
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a0f2ea-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Class |
Actinopterygii
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a17954-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Order |
Perciformes
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a17b39-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Family |
Serranidae
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2b2f88c-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Genus |
Epinephelus
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2f4f92c-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Distribution: |
Indo-Pacific: Kenya south to Natal, South Africa and east to the central Pacific. Unknown from the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and Hawaii. Recorded from Europa Island (MNHN 1992-0498, Ref. 33390). Often confused with Epinephelus quoyanus, Epinephelus faveatus, Epinephelus corallicola, and Epinephelus howlandi. |
| Lifezones: |
Marine |
| Additional data: |
-
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| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: |
19-May-2014 |
| Source database: |
FishBase, Jan 2015
99%
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| Bibliographic citation: |
Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. |
| Online resource: |
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=6661
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| CoL taxon LSID: |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd8ce394-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401 |
