Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793 (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Cephalopholis merra (Bloch, 1793) (synonym)

Ephinephelus merra Bloch, 1793 (synonym)

Epinephalus merra Bloch, 1793 (synonym)

Epinephelus megachir (non Richardson, 1846) (misapplied name)

Serranus merra (Bloch, 1793) (synonym)

Common names:

Maccabit blanc Creole, French

Mamonbong Visayan

Mantis Chavacano

Maraao Tahitian

Maskad Ilokano

Matkad Ilokano, Visayan

Mauriuri Tahitian

Mero panal Spanish

Mérou à treillis French

Mérou gâteau de cire French

Mirorch Palauan

Momo Marshallese, Other

Nga-tauk-tu Burmese

N'Tsehele swayau Komoro

Ogaw Visayan

Pertang Malay

Pla karang-lai-hok-liam Thai

Plat gris French

Pugapo Bikol, Cebuano, Cotabato Chavacano, Davawenyo, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Visayan, Waray-waray

Pugayo Visayan

Pulli kossa Sinhalese

Pulli-cullawah Tamil

Rockcod English

Sai-au Carolinian

Salingukod Visayan

senicauca Fijian

Senikawakawa Fijian

Sibog Surigaonon, Visayan

Sigapo Bikol, Tagalog

Sikkisikkifana Mahl

Sohozi Komoro

Subla Visayan

Tabadlo Visayan

Mandarin Chinese

Mandarin Chinese

Cá Mú chấm tổ ong Vietnamese

Abo-abo Tagalog, Visayan

Ako Ewe, Gen-Gbe, Other

Alatan Bikol, Hiligaynon, Tagalog

Alovo Malagasy

Baghak Hiligaynon, Surigaonon, Visayan, Waray-waray

Bantol Davawenyo, English, Visayan

Bantulon Waray-waray

Baraka Bikol, Krio, Tagalog, Waray-waray

Bato-bato Cebuano, Ilokano

Batol Visayan

Bikage-bars Danish

Birdwire rockcod English

Black-spotted rock-cod English

Bontoo Telugu

Bulang Agutaynen, Kuyunon

Bwaloi Kumak

Common birdwire rockcod English

Do kuëë Numee

Domaine Creole, French

Dwarf spotted grouper English

Dwarf spotted rockcod English

Dwarf spotter grouper English

Dwarf-spotted rockcod English

Faeta Tahitian

Faroa Tahitian

Fullichammam Malayalam

Galiyeshoal Carolinian

Garea Tuamotuan

Garoupa panaleira Portuguese

Gatala-aloalo Samoan

Gatala-pulepule Samoan

Griffin Creole, French

Hamoor Arabic

Heuningkoek-klipkabeljou Afrikaans

Hiila Fwâi

Honeycomb cod English

Honeycomb grouper English

Honeycomb rock cod English

Honeycomb rockcod English

Honeycomb rock-cod English

Honeycomb sea bass English

Honeycombe grouper English

Iner Visayan

Inid Bikol, Hiligaynon, Other

Jahong Visayan

Kakab Ilokano

Kakawola Misima-Paneati

Kaltang Tagalog

Kaumonhata Japanese

Kerapu Bahasa Indonesia, Malay

Kerapu batung Malay

Kerapu cicak Malay

Kertang Malay

Kigting Bikol, Tagalog

Kivongui Swahili

Kugtong Bikol, Kuyunon, Surigaonon, Visayan, Waray-waray

Kugtung Bikol, Tagalog

Kulapo Chavacano, Tagalog

Kurapo Ilokano

Kurapu Ilokano

Kusele Gela

Kushar Arabic

Labungan Bikol, Ilokano, Visayan, Waray-waray

Lapu lapu Tagalog

Lapu-lapu Cebuano, Cotabato Chavacano, Davawenyo, Hiligaynon, Ilokano, Kapampangan, Kuyunon, Magindanaon, Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug, Pangasinan, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Waray-waray

Lapu-lapung liglig Tagalog

Lapu-lapung lupot Tagalog

Liglig Bikol, Hiligaynon

Lilug Visayan

Loche rayon de miel French

Lubo Tagalog

Macabi Creole, French, French, Spanish

Macabit French

Macabit blanc Creole, French

Maccabit Creole, French

牛屎斑 Mandarin Chinese

石斑 Mandarin Chinese

網紋石斑魚 Mandarin Chinese

网纹石斑鱼 Mandarin Chinese

蜂巢格仔 Mandarin Chinese

蜂巢石斑魚 Mandarin Chinese

蜂巢石斑鱼 Mandarin Chinese

蝴蝶斑 Mandarin Chinese

过鱼 Mandarin Chinese

過魚 Mandarin Chinese

Taleti-on Visayan

Tangk-an Visayan

Tarao Rapa, Tahitian

Tarao maraurau Tahitian

Te kuau Kiribati

Te ngataliki Tuvaluan

Tewa chui Swahili

Ting-ad Visayan

Tingag Waray-waray

Tonu Other, Rapa, Tahitian, Tongan, Tuamotuan

Vieille de fond Creole, French, French

Vieille grise Creole, French

Vieille pintade Creole, French, French

Vieille voleuse Creole, French, French

Wire-netted reefcod English

Wirenetting cod English

Wire-netting cod English

Wire-netting rock-cod English

Yániyán yárenómw Carolinian

Ca song cham to ong Vietnamese

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Actinopterygii

LSID

Order Perciformes

LSID

Family Serranidae

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Genus Epinephelus

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Distribution:

Agulhas Current; Andaman Island; Andaman Sea; Atlantic, Southeast; Australia; Calamianes Islands; Cargados Carajos; Caroline Island; Chagos Islands; China; Christmas Island (Aust.); Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Comoros; Cook Islands; Coral Sea and GBR; East Central Australian Shelf; East China Sea; Fiji Islands; French Polynesia; Great Barrier Reef; Guam; Gulf of Thailand; Hong Kong; Hsiao-liu-chiu; India; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean, Eastern; Indian Ocean, Western; Indonesia; Indonesian Sea; Indo-Pacific: South Africa to French Polynesia. Not known from the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, nor Asian mainland.; Insular Pacific-Hawaiian; Japan; Kenya; Kimbe Bay; Kiribati; Kuroshio Current; Lagonoy Gulf; Lingayen Gulf; Lord Howe Island; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mauritius; Micronesia,Fed.States of; Milne Bay; Mozambique; New Caledonia; Niue; Norfolk Island; North Australian Shelf; North Marianas; Northeast Australian Shelf; Northwest Australian Shelf; Ogasawara Islands; Pacific Ocean; Pacific, Eastern Central; Pacific, Northwest; Pacific, Southwest; Pacific, Western Central; Pakistan; Palau; Panay Gulf; Papua New Guinea; Peng-hu Island; Philippines; Polynesian Waters; Ragay Gulf; Red Sea; Réunion; Rodriguez; Ryukyu Islands; Samoa; San Miguel Bay; San Pedro Bay; Sea of Japan; Seychelles; Sogod Bay; Solomon Islands; Somali Coastal Current; South Africa; South China Sea; Spratly Islands; Sri Lanka; Sulu-Celebes Sea; Tahiti; Taiwan; Tanzania, United Rep. of; Tawi tawi Bay; Tayabas Bay; Thailand; Tonga; Tuamoto Islands; Tuvalu; US Minor Outlying Is.; Vanuatu; Verde Island Passage; Viet Nam; Yellow Sea

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Group expert : Heemstra P. C., Data last modified by FishBase 15-Jan-1997

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:4066d9aa-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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