Epinephelus heniochus
Epinephelus heniochus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Serranidae |
Subfamily: | Epinephelinae |
Genus: | Epinephelus |
Species: | E. heniochus
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Binomial name | |
Epinephelus heniochus Fowler, 1904
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Synonyms[2] | |
Epinephelus hata Katayama, 1953 |
Epinephelus heniochus, the bridled grouper or threeline rockcod, is a species of marine
and sea basses. It is native to the tropical western Pacific Ocean.Description
Epinephelus heniochus has a body which has a
pectoral fins are translucent greyish yellow and the lower section of caudal fin is sometimes darker than the remainder of fin. The membranes between dorsal fin spines have a yellow margin.[3] This species attains a maximum total length of 55 centimetres (22 in).[1]
Distribution
Epinephelus heniochus occurs in the tropical
Western Pacific Ocean from the Anadaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand to New Britain in Papua New Guinea, south to the Arafura Sea, Timor Sea and Gulf of Carpentaria coasts of Australia and north to Japan and South Korea.[1]
Habitat and biology
Epinephelus heniochus is found at depths from 40 to 235 metres (131 to 771 ft) over substratces consisting of mud or silty sand.[1] There is almost no published information on the biology of this species.[2]
Taxonomy
Epinephelus heniochus was first formally
References
- ^ . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Epinephelus heniochus" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ ISBN 92-5-103125-8.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Epinephelus heniochus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 July 2020.