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Epinephelus aeneus (GeoffroySaint-Hilaire, 1817)

White grouper
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Sao Tome and Principe country information

Common names: Bacalhau
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from São Tomé Island based on (1) collection by DOP at Praia Melão, over sandy bottom in 3 m depth (DOP-ICT 1052-2000, 1: 223 mm SL) and (2) specimen caught by local fishers and identified by Jean Worms (Ref. 34088). Also Ref. 3043, 34503
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Afonso, P., F.M. Porteiro, R.S. Santos, J.P. Barreiros, J. Worms and P. Wirtz, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Mérou blanc, Cherna de ley, Grouper, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Epinephelidae (Groupers)
Etymology: Epinephelus: Greek, epinephelos = cloudy (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 20 - 200 m (Ref. 3589).   Subtropical; 39°N - 16°S, 17°W - 60°E (Ref. 54435)

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