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Main identification features
- pink-grey, pale spots
- dorsal fin xi, 3rd-4th longest
- c: rounded
- juvenile: fine mesh of dark spots + pale lines
Body robust, compressed; end of top jaw exposed; operculum edge with 3 flat spines; preoperculum without spines; 1 dorsal fin with XI spines, 15-16 rays; anal fin with III spines; lateral line complete, ending at tail base, smoothly arched; tail rounded; 15-16 dorsal rays; 8 anal rays; pectoral rays 18-20, usually 19, rarely 18; scales rough, relatively small: 100-118 in lateral series (vs 84-100 in E. labriformis), 46-50 around tail base (vs 34-40 in E. labriformis), and 16-18 above the lateral line (11-12 in E. labriformis), often a few small imbedded scales on front of maxillary (none in E. labriformis).
Pale grey to light grey-brown with white spots and flecks on head and body; large fish (males?) can switch to a bicolored pattern by darkening the rear half and lightening the front half of the body. Juveniles with dense small dark spots.
Size: 61 cm.
Habitat: coral reef.
Depth: 1-100 m.
An island endemic found at Clipperton, the Revillagigedos and Rocas Alijos, off southern Baja .
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos).
Depth Range Max: 100 m.
Depth Range Min: 1 m.
Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); octopus/squid/cuttlefish.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=20; Southern limit=11; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-110; Latitudinal range=9; Longitudinal range=5.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Corals; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 61 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s) only; Island (s); TEP endemic; TEP oceanic island (s) endemic; Multiple oceanic islands endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1997., An Annotated Checklist of the fishes of Clipperton Atoll, Tropical Eastern Pacific., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 45:813-843.
- Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1999., Epinephelus clippertonensis, a new species of serranid fish from the tropical eastern Pacific., Revue Francaise de Aquariologie, 26:11-15.
- Heemstra , P.C. and Randall, J.E., 1993., 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. FAO Species Catalogue Vol. 16., FAO Fish. Synop. No 125, 125:I-viii, 1-382.
- Robertson , D.R. and Allen, G.A., 1996., Zoogeography of the shorefish fauna of Clipperton Atoll., Coral Reefs, 15:121-131.
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I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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