FB-69495 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69495 Animalia Chordata Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Scyliorhinidae Akheilos Akheilos suwartanai White, Fahmi & Weigmann, 2019 Brokenbar Grouper Cheung-pei-paan 克雷格氏石斑魚 橡皮斑 Epinephelus diacanthus (non Valenciennes, 1828) Epinephelus stictus (non Randall & Allen, 1987) 2021-07-12 2024-05-24 Post, A.0 Anoplogasteridae. p. 767-768. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4737) Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall0 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) Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall0 Serranidae. p. 2442-2547. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). Rome, FAO. 2069-2790 p. (Ref. 39231) Craig, M.T., YJ. Sadovy de Mitcheson and P.C. Heemstra0 Groupers of the world: a field and market guide. North America: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group, xix, 356 p., A47 pages appendix. (Ref. 89707) Frable, B.W., S.J. Tucker and H.J. Walker Jr.0 A new species of grouper, <i>Epinephelus craigi</i> (Perciformes: Epinephelidae), from the South China Sea. Ichthyol. Res. 66:215-224. (Ref. 122001) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) Lai, N.-W.0 Hong Kong market marine fish. Original title: 香港街市海魚圖鑑. Hua Qianshu Publishing Co., Ltd., p. 440. (Ref. 129440) FB-GeneralDescr-69504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-07-29 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69504 This species is landed in trawling and longline fisheries at 28-93 m and this appears in commercial hauls and not common in fish markets in Hong Kong (Ref. 122001). Frable, B.W., S.J. Tucker and H.J. Walker Jr. 2019 A new species of grouper, <i>Epinephelus craigi</i> (Perciformes: Epinephelidae), from the South China Sea. Ichthyol. Res. 66:215-224. (Ref. 122001) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-07-29 00:00:00 2021-07-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69504 This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following set of characters: D XI,16-17; A III,8; pectoral-fn rays 18-20; caudal fn rounded; auxiliary scales on body absent; ventral corner of preopercle with 2-4 relatively large spines; upper limb of first gill arch with 7-8 gill rakers; orbit diameter 4.1-5.0 in HL; short snout 5.3-6.7 in HL. Colouration: when freshly dead pale yellowish brown with fve, faint, dark brown bars interrupted dorsally with lighter coloration; darker brown irregular, squarish blotch approximately half way down each bar; a dark band across the operculum; small brown dots dorsally on head and anterodorsally on body; dark bars on body extending partially onto dorsal fin; dorsal, anal and caudal fins without dark margins (Ref. 122001).Description: E. craigi differs from E. stictus in having dark brown dots dorsally on the head and body and in lacking auxiliary scales on the body opercle (vs. absent in E. stictus; absence of dark margins on the soft dorsal, caudal and anal fns (vs. present); and difference in morphometrics (Ref. 122001). Frable, B.W., S.J. Tucker and H.J. Walker Jr. 2019 A new species of grouper, <i>Epinephelus craigi</i> (Perciformes: Epinephelidae), from the South China Sea. Ichthyol. Res. 66:215-224. (Ref. 122001) FB-Morphology-69504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-07-29 00:00:00 2021-07-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69504 Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 17; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 24 Frable, B.W., S.J. Tucker and H.J. Walker Jr. 2019 A new species of grouper, <i>Epinephelus craigi</i> (Perciformes: Epinephelidae), from the South China Sea. Ichthyol. Res. 66:215-224. (Ref. 122001) FB-Distribution-69504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-07-29 00:00:00 2021-07-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69504 Western Pacific: off China, Hong Kong, Taiwan. Frable, B.W., S.J. Tucker and H.J. Walker Jr. 2019 A new species of grouper, <i>Epinephelus craigi</i> (Perciformes: Epinephelidae), from the South China Sea. Ichthyol. Res. 66:215-224. (Ref. 122001) FB-Uses-69504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-07-29 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69504 fisheries: bycatch FB-Size-69504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-07-29 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69504 25.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 122001)) Frable, B.W., S.J. Tucker and H.J. Walker Jr. 2019 A new species of grouper, <i>Epinephelus craigi</i> (Perciformes: Epinephelidae), from the South China Sea. Ichthyol. Res. 66:215-224. (Ref. 122001) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-07-29 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69504 demersal; marine; depth range 28 - 93 m (Ref. 122001) Frable, B.W., S.J. Tucker and H.J. Walker Jr. 2019 A new species of grouper, <i>Epinephelus craigi</i> (Perciformes: Epinephelidae), from the South China Sea. Ichthyol. Res. 66:215-224. (Ref. 122001)