Saloptia powelli, Golden grouper : fisheries, gamefish

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Saloptia powelli Smith, 1964

Golden grouper
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Epinephelidae (Groupers)
Etymology: More on author: Smith.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 140 - 367 m (Ref. 4787). Deep-water; 29°N - 23°S, 111°E - 140°W (Ref. 5222)

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Pacific Ocean: western Pacific to French Polynesia. Reported as Epinephelus truncatus from French Polynesia by Bagnis et al. (1972, Ref. 4821).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5222)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits deep waters on rocky substrata. One of the most common deepwater groupers caught with handlines at the Marianas.

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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: 22 November 2016

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 13.2 - 21.4, mean 15.9 °C (based on 69 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01148 (0.00665 - 0.01982), b=3.06 (2.92 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 8.69 [4.02, 20.19] mg/100g; Iron = 0.21 [0.10, 0.47] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [16.3, 19.8] %; Omega3 = 0.258 [0.135, 0.496] g/100g; Selenium = 9.32 [3.59, 23.19] μg/100g; VitaminA = 55.9 [9.8, 307.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.408 [0.247, 0.641] mg/100g (wet weight);