WoRMS taxon details
Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
127032 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127032)
accepted
Species
Chenia aenea (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) · unaccepted
Cherna aenea (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) · unaccepted (synonym)
Epinephelus aenus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Perca robusta Couch, 1832 · unaccepted
Serranus aeneus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Serranus aeneus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) Geoffroy St. Hilaire, E. (1817). Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée. <em>In: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armée français, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté-L'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. (Imprimerie Impériale). Paris. Histoire Naturelle.</em> v. 1 (part 1). Pls. 18-27.
page(s): no page number, Pl. 21 (figs. 3-4) [details]
page(s): no page number, Pl. 21 (figs. 3-4) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127032 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Serranus aeneus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) Geoffroy St. Hilaire, E. (1817). Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée. <em>In: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armée français, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté-L'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. (Imprimerie Impériale). Paris. Histoire Naturelle.</em> v. 1 (part 1). Pls. 18-27.
page(s): no page number, Pl. 21 (figs. 3-4) [details]
original description (of Perca robusta Couch, 1832) Couch, J. (1832). Fishes new to the British fauna, contained in Couch's "History of the Fishes of Cornwall". <em>Mag. Nat. Hist.</em> v. 5 (no. 23, art. 4): 15-24., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=bdJQA_Mj178C&pg=PR5&lpg=PR5&dq=Fishes+new+to+the+British+fauna,+contained+in+Couch%27s+%22History+of+the+Fishes+of+Cornwall%22&source=bl&ots=q4EEARlBAL&sig=AJbK4_oglS-rejBsV5JufOJ5Hn8&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE9_OEoK3cAhV
page(s): 21, Fig. 7 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): no page number, Pl. 21 (figs. 3-4) [details]
original description (of Perca robusta Couch, 1832) Couch, J. (1832). Fishes new to the British fauna, contained in Couch's "History of the Fishes of Cornwall". <em>Mag. Nat. Hist.</em> v. 5 (no. 23, art. 4): 15-24., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=bdJQA_Mj178C&pg=PR5&lpg=PR5&dq=Fishes+new+to+the+British+fauna,+contained+in+Couch%27s+%22History+of+the+Fishes+of+Cornwall%22&source=bl&ots=q4EEARlBAL&sig=AJbK4_oglS-rejBsV5JufOJ5Hn8&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE9_OEoK3cAhV
page(s): 21, Fig. 7 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (WoRCS)
Kovačić, M.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patzner, R. A. (2024). Fishes in Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 9(6): 243., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/6/243 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | kerni vijabardhëkermi vijabardhë | [details] |
| Catalan | anfós blanc | [details] |
| Dutch | witte zaagbaarswitte grouper | [details] |
| English | white grouper | [details] |
| French | mérou blanc | [details] |
| German | weißer Zackenbarsch | [details] |
| Hebrew | דקר המכמורת | [details] |
| Italian | cernia bianca | [details] |
| Lithuanian | baltadryžis gruperis: | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Σφυρίδα | [details] |
| Polish | granik szary | [details] |
| Russian | белый морской окунь | [details] |
| Spanish | cherne de leycherna de ley | [details] |
| Turkish | lahoz | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Мероу білосмугийГрупер білосмугийГрупер | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (64 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epinephelus aenus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Serranus aeneus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Perca robusta Couch, 1832)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus aeneus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cherna aenea (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus aenus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To FishBase (from synonym Perca robusta Couch, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus aeneus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To FishBase images (Epinephelus aeneus, Morocco, by Dammous, S.)
To GenBank (131 nucleotides; 129 proteins)
To GenBank (131 nucleotides; 129 proteins) (from synonym Serranus aeneus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epinephelus aenus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Serranus aeneus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Perca robusta Couch, 1832)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus aeneus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cherna aenea (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus aenus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817))
To FishBase (from synonym Perca robusta Couch, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus aeneus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To FishBase images (Epinephelus aeneus, Morocco, by Dammous, S.)
To GenBank (131 nucleotides; 129 proteins)
To GenBank (131 nucleotides; 129 proteins) (from synonym Serranus aeneus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To PESI
To ITIS
