FB-69470 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69470 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Nemacheilidae Homatula Homatula berezowskii (Günther, 1896) Serranus areolatus (non Forsskål, 1775) Serranus assabensis Giglioli, 1889 Serranus celebicus multipunctatus Kossmann & Räuber, 1877 Serranus geoffroyi Klunzinger, 1870 Serranus tauvina (non Forsskål, 1775) 2021-06-22 2021-06-24 Randall, J.E., S.V. Bogorodsky, F. Krupp, J.M. Rose and R. Fricke0 <i>Epinephelus geoffroyi</i> (Klunzinger, 1870) (Pisces: Serranidae), a valid species of grouper endemic to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Zootaxa 3641(5):524-532. (Ref. 93732) Parenti, P. and J.E. Randall0 An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Serranidae of the world with description of two new related families of fishes. FishTaxa 15:1-170. (Ref. 123093) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69479 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-06-29 00:00:00 2021-06-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69479 This species is distinguished by the following characters: D XI,16-18 (usually 17); pectoral rays 17-18; lateral-line scales usually 49-52; gill rakers 25-29; caudal fin is slightly emarginate; the membranes of spinous portion of dorsal fin slightly incised; the third or fourth dorsal spines longest, 2.5-3.2 in head length; soft portion of anal fin is distinctly angular, with third or fourth ray longest, 1.8-2.7 in HL. Colouration: head, body, and fins whitish with numerous, small, close-set, dark brown spots, becoming more widely spaced on the abdomen and ches and the posterior margin of caudal fin without a narrow, clear whitish margin (Ref. 93732). Randall, J.E., S.V. Bogorodsky, F. Krupp, J.M. Rose and R. Fricke 2013 <i>Epinephelus geoffroyi</i> (Klunzinger, 1870) (Pisces: Serranidae), a valid species of grouper endemic to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Zootaxa 3641(5):524-532. (Ref. 93732) FB-Morphology-69479 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-06-29 00:00:00 2021-06-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69479 Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 18; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 34 Randall, J.E., S.V. Bogorodsky, F. Krupp, J.M. Rose and R. Fricke 2013 <i>Epinephelus geoffroyi</i> (Klunzinger, 1870) (Pisces: Serranidae), a valid species of grouper endemic to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Zootaxa 3641(5):524-532. (Ref. 93732) FB-Distribution-69479 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-06-28 00:00:00 2021-06-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69479 Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea and the western Gulf of Aden endemic. Randall, J.E., S.V. Bogorodsky, F. Krupp, J.M. Rose and R. Fricke 2013 <i>Epinephelus geoffroyi</i> (Klunzinger, 1870) (Pisces: Serranidae), a valid species of grouper endemic to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Zootaxa 3641(5):524-532. (Ref. 93732) FB-Size-69479 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-06-28 00:00:00 2021-06-29 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69479 40.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 93732)) Randall, J.E., S.V. Bogorodsky, F. Krupp, J.M. Rose and R. Fricke 2013 <i>Epinephelus geoffroyi</i> (Klunzinger, 1870) (Pisces: Serranidae), a valid species of grouper endemic to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Zootaxa 3641(5):524-532. (Ref. 93732) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69479 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-06-28 00:00:00 2021-06-29 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69479 reef-associated; marine; depth range 3 - 32 m (Ref. 93732), usually 10 - 20 m (Ref. 93732) Randall, J.E., S.V. Bogorodsky, F. Krupp, J.M. Rose and R. Fricke 2013 <i>Epinephelus geoffroyi</i> (Klunzinger, 1870) (Pisces: Serranidae), a valid species of grouper endemic to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Zootaxa 3641(5):524-532. (Ref. 93732) Randall, J.E., S.V. Bogorodsky, F. Krupp, J.M. Rose and R. Fricke 2013 <i>Epinephelus geoffroyi</i> (Klunzinger, 1870) (Pisces: Serranidae), a valid species of grouper endemic to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Zootaxa 3641(5):524-532. (Ref. 93732)