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Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790)
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Depth range based on 10 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 12 - 51
Temperature range (°C): 26.282 - 26.282
Nitrate (umol/L): 3.115 - 3.115
Salinity (PPS): 34.869 - 34.869
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.519 - 3.519
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.569 - 0.569
Silicate (umol/l): 4.714 - 4.714
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 12 - 51
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Depth: 0 - 100m.
Recorded at 100 meters.
Habitat: reef-associated. Brindlebass. (Bloch, 1790) Attains 270 cm. And 400+ Kgs. A giant of a fish. Tropical Indo-Pacific south to Algoa Bay. Reputed to attack divers but such attacks have not been documented.
The largest bony fish found in coral reefs (Ref. 9710). Common in shallow waters. Found in caves or wrecks; also in estuaries. Individuals more than a meter long have been caught from shore and in harbors. Juveniles secretive in reefs and rarely seen (Ref. 48635). Benthopelagic and benthic (Ref. 58302). Feed on spiny lobsters, fishes, including small sharks and batoids, and juvenile sea turtles and crustaceans. In South African estuaries, the main prey item is the mud crab, Scylla serrata. Unconfirmed reports of fatal attacks on humans. Nearly wiped out in heavily fished areas (Ref. 9710). In the Hong Kong live fish markets (Ref. 27253). Large individuals may be ciguatoxic (Ref. 37816).
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Occuring on coral reefs (Ref. 54301, 58534). Largest bony fish found in coral reefs (Ref. 9710). Common in shallow waters. Found in caves or wrecks; also in estuaries. Individuals more than a meter long have been caught from shore and in harbors. Juveniles secretive in reefs and rarely seen (Ref. 48635). Feed on spiny lobsters, fishes, including small sharks and batoids, and juvenile sea turtles and crustaceans. In South African estuaries, the main prey item is the mud crab, Scylla serrata.
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體長橢圓形,側扁而非常粗壯,標準體長為體高之2.4-3.4倍。頭背部斜直;眶間區平坦或微凹陷。眼小,短於吻長。口大;上下頜前端具小犬齒或無,兩側齒細尖,下頜幼時約2-3列,隨成長逐漸增多,可達15-16列。鰓耙數8-10+14-16。前鰓蓋骨後緣微具鋸齒,下緣光滑。鰓蓋骨後緣具3扁棘。體被細小櫛鱗;側線鱗孔數54-62;縱列鱗數95-105。背鰭鰭棘部與軟條部相連,無缺刻,具硬棘XI,軟條14-16;臀鰭硬棘III枚,軟條8;腹鰭腹位,末端延伸不及肛門開口;胸鰭圓形,中央之鰭條長於上下方之鰭條,且長於腹鰭,但短於後眼眶長;尾鰭圓形。稚魚體呈黃色,具三塊不規則之黑色斑,隨著成長,黑色斑內散佈不規則之白或黃色斑點,以及各鰭具黑色斑點;大型成魚體呈暗褐色,各鰭色更暗些。
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Source | http://fishdb.sinica.edu.tw/chi/species.php?id=382543 |
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 4 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.
Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.
See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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E. lanceolatus is the largest and most widely distributed among all groupers (Sadovy and Cornish 2000) but is locally rare (Randall 1995). It occurs throughout the Indo-Pacific region from the Red Sea to Algoa Bay (South Africa) and eastward to the Hawaiian and Pitcairn Islands (Heemstra and Randall 1993) throughout Micronesia (Myers 1991). In the western Pacific, it ranges northwards to southern Japan and southwards to Australia. In Australia it occurs all along tropical and temperate coasts, rarely straying into cool temperate waters (Gomon et al. 1994. It is known from oceanic islands as well as continental localities. Its absence in the Persian Gulf is puzzling (Heemstra and Randall 1993). It can be found in the entire Indian Ocean, but is rarely seen north of the Maldives (Delbelius 1993). Not known from the coast of Pakistan, near the entrance to the Gulf or Gulf of Oman, but E. lanceolatus is reported from the coast of Pakistan near the entrance to the Gulf of Oman observed by divers off Raysut, southern Oman (Randall 1995).
In S and SE Asia E. lanceolatus is recorded from Japan, mainland China, Hainan Island, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. There isalso a recent record for Hong Kong (Sadovy and Cornish 2000). In Taiwan the species was recorded rarely at Ruerhmen at the southwest waters, but not found in other parts of the island (Kuo and Shao 1999).
Indonesia and the Philippines were, respectively, the main sources of Live Reef Fish imports into Hong Kong as well as the main sources for E. lanceolatus (Lau and Parry-Jones 1999, Sadovy et al. 2003).
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 16
Specimens with Barcodes: 20
Species With Barcodes: 1
分布於印度-太平洋區,西起非洲東岸、紅海,北至日本南部,南至澳洲西北部。台灣東北部海域有產。
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Genomic DNA is available from 1 specimen with morphological vouchers housed at Biodiversity Institute of Ontario
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