Fish of the Epinephelus genus of the Epinephelinae (groupers) subfamily of the Serranidae family of the superfamily Percoidea of the Percoidei suborder of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(White grouper. Photo by © Giuseppe Mazza. photomazza.com)
White grouper (Epinephelus aeneus) was first described in 1817 by the French zoologist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844).
It inhabits the depth of 20-200 meters. It prefers to swim close to a rocky, silty and sandy bottom. The maximum recorded length is 120 cm, specimens up to 60 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 25 kilograms. It feeds on fish, crustaceans and cephalopods.
(White grouper. Photo © bastia-offshore-fishing)
It is a permanent rare inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea. It almost never occurs in the northern part.
It is put on the IUCN Red List as a near threatened (NT) species.
Names of white grouper (Epinephelus aeneus) in other languages as follows:
Kerni vijabardhë (Albanian), Бял мероу (Bjal Merou) (Bulgarian), Fűrészesfogú sügér (Hungarian), Σφυρίδα (Sphyrida) (Greek), Daggar mazury (Hebrew), Cherna de ley (Spanish), Cernia bianca (Italian), Weißer Zackenbarsch (German), Granik szary (Polish), Garoupa verde (Portuguese), Белополосый мероу (Belopolosyj merou) (Russian), Bela kernja, Bijela kirnja (Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian), Grida balığı (Turkish), Mérou blanc (French).