WoRMS taxon details
Epinephelus morio (Valenciennes, 1828)
159354 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159354)
accepted
Species
Serranus angustifrons Steindachner, 1864 · unaccepted
Serranus erythrogaster DeKay, 1842 · unaccepted
Serranus morio Valenciennes, 1828 · unaccepted
Serranus remotus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Serranus morio Valenciennes, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Bermuda; strays occur...
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Bermuda; strays occur north to Massachusetts [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Epinephelus morio (Valenciennes, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159354 on 2024-11-21
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original description
(of Serranus angustifrons Steindachner, 1864) Steindachner, F. (1864). Ichthyologische Mittheilungen. (VII.) [With subtitles I-VIII]. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> v. 14: 223-232, Pls. 7-8. [details]
original description (of Serranus morio Valenciennes, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40. [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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
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]
original description (of Serranus morio Valenciennes, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40. [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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on a wide variety of fishes and invertebrates [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Bermuda; strays occur north to Massachusetts [details]
Habitat Occurs mainly over rocky and muddy bottoms. Uncommon around coral reefs. Usually rests on the bottom. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, fishery, gamefish and aquarium fish [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | rode zaagbaarsrode tandbaars | [details] |
| English | red grouperdeer hamlet | [details] |
| French | mérou rouge | [details] |
| German | roter Grouper | [details] |
| Spanish | cherna americana | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (136 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Serranus erythrogaster DeKay, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Serranus morio Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Serranus remotus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Serranus angustifrons Steindachner, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus morio)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus angustifrons Steindachner, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus erythrogaster DeKay, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus morio Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus remotus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase images (Epinephelus morio, USA, by Cox, C.D.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Serranus morio Valenciennes, 1828)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (136 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Serranus erythrogaster DeKay, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Serranus morio Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Serranus remotus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Serranus angustifrons Steindachner, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus morio)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus angustifrons Steindachner, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus erythrogaster DeKay, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus morio Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus remotus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase images (Epinephelus morio, USA, by Cox, C.D.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Serranus morio Valenciennes, 1828)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
