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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Epinephelus&speciesname=costae ---> http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Epinephelus&speciesname=costae http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Epinephelus&speciesname=costae ---> https://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Epinephelus&speciesname=costae https://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Epinephelus&speciesname=costae ---> http://fishbase.de/summary/Epinephelus-costae.html http://fishbase.de/summary/Epinephelus-costae.html ---> https://fishbase.de/summary/Epinephelus-costae.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Epinephelus Species in    Epinephelidae - Classification - Epinephelidae Perciformes/Serranoidei Teleostei Chordata Animalia Epinephelus costae ( Steindachner , 1878 ) Goldblotch grouper Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Epinephelus costae   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Epinephelus costae Picture by Minguell, C. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Epinephelidae (Groupers) Etymology: Epinephelus: Greek, epinephelos = cloudy (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Steindachner . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 300 m (Ref. 27000 ), usually 4 - 160 m (Ref. 95541 ). Subtropical; 47°N - 13°S, 27°W - 42°E Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Records of Epinephelus alexandrinus from Madeira are apparently based on misidentifications of Myctoperca fusca . Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m 32.5 , range 30 - 35 cm Max length : 140 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12382 ) 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: head and body brownish, fins darker; two dark lines on head, one from lower edge of the eye to the ventral rear edge of the interopercle, 2nd from the dark maxillary streak to the lower edge of the preopercle; adults brown or greyish brown; distinct yellow blotch on body below the spinous dorsal fin; body depth less than head length, depth contained 3.0-3.4 times in Sl; head length 2.5-2.7 times in SL; interorbital area convex; angular preopercle, 2-3 enlarged serrae at the angle; middle and lower opercular spines flat but distinct, upper spine not apparent; straight or slightly convex upper edge of operculum; maxilla usually reaching a vertical rear edge of eye, ventral edge of maxilla with low step, no scale on maxilla; 2 rows of teeth on midlateral part of lower jaw; lateral body scales ctenoid, with auxilliary scales in adults; pyloric caeca 17 (Ref. 89707 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Found on sand, mud or rock bottoms (Ref. 6789 ). Juveniles form small groups (Ref. 12382 ) in shallow water (Ref. 89707 ). Feeds on crustaceans, mollusks, and fish (Ref. 12382 ). Does not adapt well in aquariums (Ref. 12382 ). Maximum depth from Ref. 128827. Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators 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 )   Data deficient (DD)  ; Date assessed: 17 November 2016 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: minor commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. Sounds Ciguatera Speed Swim. type Gill area Otoliths Brains Vision Tools Bio-Quiz | E-book | Field guide | Identification keys | Length-frequency wizard | Life-history tool | Point map | Classification Tree | Catch-MSY | Special reports Check for Aquarium maintenance | Check for Species Fact Sheets | Check for Aquaculture Fact Sheets Download XML Summary page | Point data | Common names | Photos Internet sources AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes : genus , species | DiscoverLife | DORIS | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome , nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | National databases | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | Public aquariums | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go , Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record Estimates based on models Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 13.4 - 27.5, mean 19 °C (based on 650 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00506 - 0.01366), b=3.01 (2.87 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.9   ±0.61 se; based on food items. Generation time: 9.2 ( 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 (tm=4). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Very high . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 29.4 [12.3, 68.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.754 [0.358, 1.747] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.9, 20.1] %; Omega3 = 0.283 [0.154, 0.524] g/100g; Selenium = 41.6 [19.3, 100.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 17.3 [4.1, 73.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.665 [0.425, 1.080] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : localhost Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Fatal error : Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/SpeciesSummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2580 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/SpeciesSummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2580 Updated: 2024-04-24 00:42:03 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation