Species Epinephelus trophis Randall & Allen, 1987

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• Epinephelus trophis Randall, J.E. & Allen, G.R. 1987. Four new serranid fishes of the genus Epinephelus (Perciformes: Epinephelinae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 13(3): 387-411 [402, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.24795-001, Dillon Shoals, Timor Sea, WA [11°S, 124°E].
  Paratype(s) BPBM 30279.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Dillon Shoals, Timor Sea, off WA (11ºS, 125º36´E); tropical.

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

130 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [88]

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. [250]

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 [245]

Heemstra, P.C. & Randall, J.E. 1999. Family Serranidae. pp. 2442-2548 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2546]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [30]

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 [277]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [88] (Plump Groper)

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 [245] (FAO) (Plump Grouper)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Plump Grouper)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [38] (Plump Grouper)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
30-Sep-2019	SERRANIDAE	15-Jan-2019	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
03-Dec-2012		03-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED