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Epinephelus multinotatus (Peters, 1876)
RANKIN COD
Brown Rock-cod; Rankin's Rock Cod; Rankin's Rock-cod; Rockcod; White-blotched Grouper; White-blotched Rockcod; White-spotted Rockcod; Whiteblotched Grouper; Altiserranus jayakari Boulenger, 1889; Epinephelus jayakari Boulenger, 1889; Epinephelus rankini Whitley, 1945; Serranus jayakari Boulenger, 1889; Serranus multinotatus Peters, 1876

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Epinephelus multinotatus ( Peters , 1876 )

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Epinephelidae (Groupers)
Etymology: Epinephelus: Greek, epinephelos = cloudy (Ref. 45335 ) .
More on author: Peters .

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 110 m (Ref. 89707 ). Tropical; 30°N - 27°S, 33°E - 136°E

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Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf to southern Mozambique and eastward to Western Australia. Not known from the Red Sea.

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Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - 50 cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5222 ); common length : 75.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5450 ); max. published weight: 9.0 kg (Ref. 3132 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-17; Anal spines : 3; Anal soft rays : 8. Distinguished by the following characteristics: color is dark purplish gray with scattered irregular whitish spots and blotches which are faint or absent in preserved fish; ctenoid body scales except cycloid dorsoanteriorly below anterior half of spinous dorsal fin, thorax, abdomen and above anterior anal fin; body with numerous auxiliary scales; greatest depth of body 2.5-3.0 in SL; slightly emarginate to truncate caudal fin; short pelvic fins, 1.7-2.3 in head length (Ref. 90102 ); head length 2.4-2.7 times in SL; distinctly convex interorbital, slightly convex dorsal head profile; subangular preopercle, shallow notch just above the angle, serrae at angle not or slightly enlarged; upper edge of operculum straight; posterior nostrils of adults is twice the size of anterior nostrils; maxilla reaches vertical at rear edge of eye or thereabouts; ventral edge of maxilla of adults with distinct step distally; 2 rows of teeth on midlateral part of lower jaw (Ref. 89707 ).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabit clear to turbid water in shallow as well as deep water (Ref. 4787 ). Juveniles are found in inshore coral reefs (Ref. 5222 ). They feed in water to more than 100 m depth (Ref. 27275 ). It has been suggested that juveniles mimic the herbivorous damselfish Neopomacentrus sindensis , presumably to get closer to their unsuspecting prey (Ref. 5222 , 9710 ). Feed on small fishes and crabs. Probably spawn during restricted periods and form aggregations when doing so (Ref. 27352 ). Eggs and early larvae are probably pelagic (Ref. 6390 ). Solitary (Ref 90102).

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Rock cod are protogynous hermaphrodites.

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Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall , 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p. (Ref. 5222 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

  Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 21 November 2016

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial FAO - Fisheries: landings ; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 24.7 - 29.2, mean 27.3 °C (based on 386 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00571 - 0.01672), b=3.00 (2.86 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.9   ±0.67 se; based on food items. Generation time: 4.1 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.27). Prior r = 0.57, 95% CL = 0.37 - 0.85, Based on 1 stock assessment. Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100). Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649 ):  Very high vulnerability (82 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Very high . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 19.7 [9.8, 42.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.456 [0.240, 0.931] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [17.2, 20.1] %; Omega3 = 0.12 [0.07, 0.19] g/100g; Selenium = 48.1 [27.5, 89.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 106 [30, 362] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.01 [0.71, 1.45] mg/100g (wet weight);

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