Species Epinephelus poecilonotus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)

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External Links

• Epinephelus poecilonotus Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1843. Pisces. 1-20 pls 1-7 in Siebold, P. Fr de (ed.). Fauna Japonica. Leyden : Apud Arnz & Socios Vol. 4. [for publication date Bauchot, M.-L., Whitehead, P.J.P. & Monod, Th. 1982. Date of publication and authorship of the fish names in Eydoux & Souleyet's zoology of la Bonite, 1841–1852. Cybium 6(3): 59–73] [6, pl. 4A (fig. 1)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype RMNH D75 skin, Nagasaki, Japan.
  Paralectotype(s) RMNH 176.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Boeseman, M. 1947. Revision of the fishes collected by Burger and van Siebold in Japan. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 28: 1-242 pls 1-5 [22].

 

Generic Combinations

• Mycteroperca poecilonota (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843). —
  Ma, K.Y. & Craig, M.T. 2018. An inconvenient monophyly: an update on the taxonomy of the groupers (Epinephelidae). Copeia 2018(3): 443–456 [456] (changed combination)
• Epinephelus poecilonotus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843). —
  Heemstra, P.C. & Randall, J.E. 1986. Family No. 166: Serranidae. pp. 509-537 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [530] (changed combination cited)
  Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. 2020. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Serranidae of the world with description of two new related families of fishes. FishTaxa [Journal of Fish Taxonomy] 15: 1-170 [77]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Scott Reef, WA (14°02’S 121°46’E); tropical, Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

45-375 m

 

General References

Craig, M.T., Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y.J. & Heemstra, P.C. 2011. Groupers of the World: a Field and Market Guide. Grahamstown, South Africa : NISC Ltd 356 pp., Appendix 47 pp. [205]

Randall, J.E. & Heemstra, P.C. 1991. Revision of Indo-Pacific groupers (Perciformes: Serranidae: Epinephelinae), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 20: 1-332 [223]

 

Common Name References

FAO-FIES 2019. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (Dot-dash Grouper)

Heemstra, P.C. & Randall, J.E. 1993. Groupers of the World (Family Serranidae, Subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 16. Rome: FAO. pp. 1-382 [211] (Dot-dash Grouper)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	SERRANIDAE	19-Aug-2021	ADDED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS)