WoRMS taxon details

Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822)

159353  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159353)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Serranus itajara Lichtenstein, 1822) Lichtenstein, M. H. C. (1822). Die Werke von Marcgrave und Piso Über die Naturgeschichte Brasiliens, erläutert aus den wieder aufgefundenen Original-Abbildungen. IV. Fische. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1820-1821: 267-288. [details] 
Distribution Western Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay, Virginia and possibly north to Massachusetts, to Brazil, including Bermuda and the West...  
Distribution Western Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay, Virginia and possibly north to Massachusetts, to Brazil, including Bermuda and the West Indies; throughout the Gulf of Mexico. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159353 on 2024-11-10
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2005-05-27 09:47:05Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description (of Promicrops ditobo Roux & Collignon, 1954) Roux, C.; Collignon, J. (1954). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de poisson, de la famille des Serranidae, observée sur les côtes de l'Afrique Équatoriale Française: Promicrops ditobo. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> (Série 2) v. 26 (no. 4): 473-475. [details] 

original description (of Serranus itajara Lichtenstein, 1822) Lichtenstein, M. H. C. (1822). Die Werke von Marcgrave und Piso Über die Naturgeschichte Brasiliens, erläutert aus den wieder aufgefundenen Original-Abbildungen. IV. Fische. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1820-1821: 267-288. [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

basis of record Hardy (Vol III), 1978 [details] 

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

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] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay, Virginia and possibly north to Massachusetts, to Brazil, including Bermuda and the West Indies; throughout the Gulf of Mexico. [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]
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English jewfishitajaragoliath grouper  [details]
Spanish mero guasa  [details]