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Epinephelus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830) Dungat grouper |
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photo by
Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP |
| Family: | Epinephelidae (Groupers) | |||
| Max. size: | 140 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; marine; depth range 80 - 300 m | |||
| Distribution: | Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania (Ref. 5377) and Senegal to southern Angola. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 11-11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16-16; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Distinguished by the following characteristics: brownish head and body; 3-4 broad oblique bars on the dorsal part of the body and another on the dorsal half of the peduncle; 2 narrow faint dark bands extending posteriorly from the lower half of the eye; presence of dark moustache streak, not extending past the rear end on maxilla; body depth less than head length, depth contained 2.9-3.2 times in SL; head length 2.5-2.7 times in standard length; flat or slightly convex interorbital area; angular preopercle, 3-4 enlarged serrae at the angle, lowermost directed ventrally; serrate interopercle and subopercle; well developed middle and lower opercular spines, upper spine not apparent; approximately straight upper edge of operculum; maxilla reaches vertical at rear edge of eye; maxilla naked or with few minute scales dorsally; 2 rows of teeth on midlateral part of lower jaw; posterior nostril about twice the size of anterior nostril (Ref. 89707). | |||
| Biology: | Reported to occur from a variety of habitats (rock, mud and sand). The adults live in relatively deeper waters (Ref. 5377). Little is known about its biology. | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 15 July 2017 (A2bd) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||