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Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830)
LONGFIN ROCKCOD
Bar-breasted Rock-cod; Gilbert's Rock-cod; Honeycomb Cod; Honeycomb Rockcod; Long Finned Rock Cod; Long-finned Cod; Long-finned Rock-cod; Long-finned Rockcod; Longfin Cod; Longfin Grouper; Spotted Groper; Wirenet Cod; Epinephelus gilberti Richardson, 1842; Epinephelus megachir Richardson, 1846; Serranus carinatus Alleyne and Macleay, 1877; Serranus gilberti Richardson, 1842; Serranus megachir Richardson, 1846; Serranus quoyanus Valenciennes, 1830

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Epinephelus quoyanus, Longfin grouper : fisheries
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Epinephelus quoyanus ( Valenciennes , 1830 )

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

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 50 m (Ref. 5222 ). Tropical; 35°N - 32°S, 110°E - 156°E (Ref. 5222 )

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Western Pacific: Japan to Australia. Unknown from the Indian Ocean except for the Andaman Islands record (as Serranus merra ). Unreported from islands of Micronesia, Melanesia and central Pacific. Often misidentified as Epinephelus macrospilos or Epinephelus hexagonatus .

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m   ? , range 18 - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 48635 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16-18; Anal spines : 3; Anal soft rays : 8. Distinguished by the following characteristics: whitish color; head, body and fins with numerous large close-set hexagonal to roundish dark brown to blackish spots; ctenoid body scales except cycloid dorsoanteriorly above lateral line, on thorax and abdomen; body with auxiliary scales; greatest depth of body 2.7-3.2 in SL; rounded caudal fin; pelvic fins, 1.7-2.1 in head length (Ref. 90102 ); head length 2.3-2.6 times in SL; evenly curved dorsal head profile; snout subequal to eye diameter, snout length 4.6-5.3 times in HL; rounded preopercle or subangular; upper edge of operculum almost straight; posterior nostril diameter about twice that of anterior nostrils; maxilla reaches to or past vertical at rear edge of eye; 2-3 rows of teeth on midlateral part of lower jaw; lower jaw barely projecting in front of upper jaw (Ref. 89707 ).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits inshore silty reefs; there are no records from depths greater than 50 m. Feeds on shrimps, small fishes, worms and crabs (Ref. 89707 ). The enlarged fleshy pectoral fins appear to have resulted from its habit of sitting on the substrate. Solitary (Ref 90102).

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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: 23 November 2016

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30298 )





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Fisheries: commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 24.5 - 28.9, mean 27.7 °C (based on 504 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01349 (0.00851 - 0.02138), b=3.05 (2.92 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  4.0   ±0.5 se; based on diet studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Very high . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 34 [16, 71] mg/100g; Iron = 0.584 [0.306, 1.188] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [16.8, 19.8] %; Omega3 = 0.125 [0.078, 0.197] g/100g; Selenium = 30.1 [16.9, 58.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 329 [88, 1,239] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.27 [0.85, 1.83] mg/100g (wet weight);

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