Epinephelus geoffroyi

Epinephelus geoffroyi (Klunzinger, 1870)

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

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 32 m (Ref. 93732), usually 10 - 20 m (Ref. 93732). Subtropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea and the western Gulf of Aden endemic.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93732)

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Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 18; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 34. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D XI,16-18 (usually 17); pectoral rays 17-18; lateral-line scales usually 49-52; gill rakers 25-29; caudal fin is slightly emarginate; the membranes of spinous portion of dorsal fin slightly incised; the third or fourth dorsal spines longest, 2.5-3.2 in head length; soft portion of anal fin is distinctly angular, with third or fourth ray longest, 1.8-2.7 in HL. Colouration: head, body, and fins whitish with numerous, small, close-set, dark brown spots, becoming more widely spaced on the abdomen and ches and the posterior margin of caudal fin without a narrow, clear whitish margin (Ref. 93732).
Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Randall, J.E., S.V. Bogorodsky, F. Krupp, J.M. Rose and R. Fricke, 2013. Epinephelus geoffroyi (Klunzinger, 1870) (Pisces: Serranidae), a valid species of grouper endemic to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Zootaxa 3641(5):524-532. (Ref. 93732)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 November 2016

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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