Epinephelus aeneus White grouper

Epinephelus aeneusis commonly referred to as White grouper. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira

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lexID:: 4634
AphiaID:: 127032

Scientific:: Epinephelus aeneus
German:: Weißer Zackenbarsch
English:: White Grouper

Category:: Groupers

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Epinephelus (Genus) > aeneus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, ), 1817

Occurrence:: Benin, Straße von Gibralta, Ghana, the Black Sea, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, East-Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Morocco, Nigeria, Portugal, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, West Africa
Size:: 23.62" - 47.24" (60cm - 120cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Epinephelus adscensionis
Felsbarsch
Epinephelus aeneus
Weißer Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus akaara
Hong Kong-Barsch
Epinephelus albomarginatus
Epinephelus amblycephalus
Epinephelus analogus
Epinephelus andersoni
Epinephelus areolatus
Polygon-Wabenbarsch
Epinephelus awoara
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus bilobatus
Epinephelus bleekeri
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus bontoides
Weißrand-Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus bruneus
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus caninus
Hundezahn-Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus chabaudi
Epinephelus chlorocephalus
Epinephelus chlorostigma
Braunpunkt-Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus cifuentesi
Epinephelus clippertonensis
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus
Weißflecken Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus coioides
Estuar-Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus corallicola
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus costae
Gestreifter Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus cyanopodus
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus daemelii
Schwarzer Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus darwinensis
Epinephelus diacanthus
Epinephelus drummondhayi
Epinephelus epistictus
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus erythrurus
Epinephelus fasciatomaculosus
Epinephelus fasciatus
Baskenmützen-Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus faveatus
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus flavocaeruleus
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus gabriellae
Gabriellas Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus goreensis
Epinephelus guttatus
Trauerrand-Zackenbarsch, Blutbarsch
Epinephelus heniochus
Epinephelus hexagonatus
Hexagonzackenbarsch
Epinephelus howlandi
Epinephelus indistinctus
Epinephelus irroratus
Epinephelus itajara
Atlantischer Riesenzackenbarsch
Epinephelus labriformis
Sternen-Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus lanceolatus
Riesenzackenbarsch
Epinephelus latifasciatus
Epinephelus lebretonianus
Epinephelus longispinis
Langstachel-Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus macrospilos
Weißbauch-Zackenbarsch, Waben-Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus maculatus
Hochflossen Wabenbarsch
Epinephelus magniscuttis
Epinephelus malabaricus
Malabar-Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus marginatus
Brauner Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus melanostigma
Epinephelus merra
Honigwaben-Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus miliaris
Epinephelus morio
Roter Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus morrhua
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus multinotatus
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus ongus
Schneeflocken-Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus poecilonotus
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus polylepis
Epinephelus polyphekadion
Getarnter-Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus polystigma
Epinephelus posteli
Epinephelus quinquefasciatus
Epinephelus quoyanus
Bumerang-Wabenbarsch
Epinephelus radiatus
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus retouti
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus rivulatus
Halbmond-Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus sexfasciatus
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus socialis
Epinephelus spilotoceps
Vielfleck-Wabenbarsch
Epinephelus stictus
Epinephelus stoliczkae
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus striatus
Nassau-Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus suborbitalis
Epinephelus summana
Summana-Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus tauvina
Braunflecken-Zackenbarsch; Rostflecken-Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus timorensis
Epinephelus trimaculatus
Epinephelus trophis
Epinephelus tuamotuensis
Epinephelus tukula
Kartoffelbarsch
Epinephelus undulatostriatus
Zackenbarsch
Epinephelus undulosus

More related species in this lexicon:

Epinephelus fulvus
Karibik-Juwelenbarsch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-09-14 22:38:16
Last edit:: 2012-09-14 22:38:16

Info

Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: along the west coast of Africa to southern Angola, including the southern (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Eastern Atlantic: along the west coast of Africa to southern Angola, including the southern Mediterranean.
Records from the Canary Islands and Cape Verde are unsubstantiated.

Biology
Adults are found on rocky or mud-sand bottom; juveniles have been taken in coastal lagoons and estuaries.
In the west African waters, diet comprise of fishes, stomatopods, crabs and cephalopods (10%). It is a protogynous hermaphrodite.
The seasonal migration of the species off the coast of Senegal is influenced by the seasonal upwelling off Senegal and Mauritania. Utilized fresh and smoked.
Highly esteemed in the market of West Africa.

Scientific paper

Construction of a Microsatellites-Based Linkage Map for the White Grouper (Epinephelus aeneus), Dor, L.; Shirak, A.; Gorshkov, S.; Band, M. R.; Korol, A.; Ronin, Y.; Curzon, A.; Hulata, G.; Seroussi, E.; Ron, M. , 2014
Assessing stocks in data-poor African fisheries: a case study on the white grouper Epinephelus aeneus of Mauritania, Meissa, B; Gascuel, D; Rivot, E , 2013
Economic dimension of the collapse of the ‘false cod’ Epinephelus aeneus in a context of ineffective management of the small-scale fisheries in Senegal, Thiao, D; Chaboud, C; Samba, A; Laloë, F; Cury, PM , 2012
SagumposteliDelamare-Deboutteville & Nunes-Ruivo, 1954 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Lernanthropidae) parasitic onEpinephelus aeneus(Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire) in Turkish waters, with a key to the species ofSagumWilson, 1913, Erol Toksen; Geoffrey A. Boxshall; Sıdıka Altinozek, 2012
Muscle lipids and fatty acid profiles of three edible fish from the Mauritanian coast: Epinephelus aeneus, Cephalopholis taeniops and Serranus scriba, Abdel Wedoud Ould Ahmed Louly; Emile M. Gaydou; Mohamed Vall Ould El Kebir, 2011
Nucleotide degradation and biogenic amine formation of wild white grouper (Epinephelus aeneus) stored in ice and at chill temperature (4 °C), Fatih Özogul; Yesim Özogul; Esmeray Kuley, 2008
Feed formulations based on energy and protein demands in white grouper (Epinephelus aeneus), Ingrid Lupatsch; George Wm. Kissil, 2005
Comparison of energy and protein efficiency among three fish species gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and white grouper (Epinephelus aeneus): energy expenditure for protein and lipid deposition, Ingrid Lupatsch; George Wm Kissil; David Sklan, 2003
Cytogenetic examination of early embryonic development in the white grouper Epinephelus aeneus (Pisces, Serranidae), G. V. Gorshkova; Y. Protas; S. Ben-Atia; S. Gorshkov, 2002
Domestication of the white grouper, Epinephelus aeneus 1. Growth and reproduction, S Hassin; D de Monbrison; Y Hanin; A Elizur; Y Zohar; D.M Popper, 1997

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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