Epinephelus randalli, Mud grouper

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Epinephelus randalli Hoshino, Denou & Nguyen, 2024

Mud grouper
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Epinephelidae (Groupers)
Etymology: Epinephelus: Greek, epinephelos = cloudy (Ref. 45335); randalli: Named after John E. Randall.

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

Marine; reef-associated. Tropical

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Western Pacific: South China Sea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 33.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 132424)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 24. This species is distinguished by the following characters: the serrae angle of preopercle abruptly and remarkably enlarged from dorsal to ventral direction; D 13-14; scales on lateral body cycloid, ctenoid at pectoral region. Colouration: back and side with six oblique transversal bars, the second bar steeply oblique not becoming nearly horizontal ventral to lateral line, reaching opercular margin dorsal to and ventral to its posterior tip; the third bar on body without an anterior branch; the fourth band on head very narrow, much narrower than diameter of pupil (Ref. 132424).
Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Hoshino, K., H. Senou and Q.V. Nguyen, 2024. Taxonomic status of the commercially important grouper, Epinephelus bruneus and E. moara (Osteichthys: Perciformes: Epinephelidae), with the redescription of E. bruneus and the description of a new species. Species Diversity 29:389-407. (Ref. 132424)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.6 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):  Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). 🛈