Yellow grouper

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Yellow grouper

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Epinephelinae
Tribe: Epinephelini
Genus: Epinephelus
Species:
E. awoara
Binomial name
Epinephelus awoara
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
Synonyms[2]
  • Serranus awoara Temminck & Schlegel, 1842

The yellow grouper (Epinephelus awoara), also known as the banded grouper, is a species of marine

Western Pacific Ocean. Its natural habitats are shallow seas
and rocky reefs.

Description

The yellow grouper has a body with a

caudal fin is convex.[3] The head and body are pale greyish brown on the upperparts and are normally golden yellow on the underparts, There are 4 wide dark bars on the upper portion of the body with one on the caudal peduncle and sometimes there is another showing on the nape. The head and body are marked with many small yellow spots. The fins are marked small greyish white spots while the soft rayed part of the dorsal fin and the caudal fin, as well as occasionally the anal fin, have a prominent yellow margin. The pectoral and pelvic fins are dusky yellow and there is a yellow moustache along the maxillary groove. The maximum published total length recorded for this species is 60 centimetres (24 in) but a length of around 30 centimetres (12 in) is more common.[2]

Distribution

The yellow grouper is found in the western Pacific Ocean from southern Japan and Korea to Vietnam, including the South China Sea, East China Sea, Paracel Islands, Taiwan and the Sea of Japan.[1]

Habitat and biology

The yellow grouper occurs over rock areas as well as over areas of sandy substrate,

protogynous hermaphrodite and, in Hong Kong, spawning takes place from February and March through to May, in Taiwan these fish spawn in June and July, while in Zhejiang, China from May to July.[1]

Taxonomy

The yellow grouper was first formally described as Serranus awoara in 1842 by the

type locality given as Nagasaki.[4]

Utilisation

The yellow grouper is a species of high economic value as a food fish and is caught with trawls and hook and line.

Epinephelus tukula using artificial insemination to produce hybrids which have characteristics more desirable for aquaculture.[5]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61336A100460920.en
    . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Epinephelus awoara" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. ^
    ISBN 92-5-103125-8
    .
  4. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Serranus awoara". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  5. PMID 33366858
    .
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