Epinephelus lebretonianus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets ; This species is known only from the holotype which was collected during the circum-global voyage of the corvettes `L'Astrolabe' and 'La ZTlTe' which were attempting to find the South Pole . The authors noted that the provenance of this specimen was unknown. Since most of the fishes reported from the voyage were from the Indo-Pacific region, it seems likely that this species was also collected in the Indo-Pacific region. Habitat and biology is unknown.

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Marine [1].

Ecology: Epinephelus lebretonianus is described from a single known specimen, the holotype, collected during the circumglobal voyage of the “L’Astrolabe” and “La Zélée” which were attempting to find the South Pole . Hombron and Jacquinot (1853) reported that the provenance of this species was unknown, but since most fish species collected were from the Indo-Pacific region it is assumed that this species was also collected there (Heemstra and Randall 1993).

No habitat information is given with the holotype.[1].

List of Habitats:

•     18     Unknown   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Epinephelus lebretonianus • Epinephelus lebretonianus (Hombron and Jacquinot in Jacquinot and Guichenot, 1853) • Serranus lebretonianus • Serranus lebretonianus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853 • Serranus lebretonianus Hombron & Jacquinot

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 14-Apr-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Epinephelus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 120 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

E. malabaricus (White Grouper) · E. acanthistius (Rooster Fish) · E. adscensionis (Rock Grouper) · E. aeneus (White Grouper) · E. akaara (Redspotted Grouper) · E. albomarginatus (White-Edge Freshwater Whipray) · E. amblycephalus (Yellow-Lipped Rock-Cod) · E. analogus (Rock Bass Spotted Cabrilla) · E. andersoni (Brown-Spotted Rockcod) · E. areolatus (Areolate Grouper) · E. ascensionis (Rock Grouper) · E. awoara (Yellow Goosefish) · E. bilobatus (Brown-Spotted Rock-Cod) · E. bleekeri (Bleeker´s Rock Cod) · E. bontoides (Palemargin Grouper) · E. bruneus (Longtooth Grouper) · E. brunneus (White-Spotted Reef-Cod) · E. caeruleopunctatus (White-Spotted Reef-Cod) · E. caninus (Dogtooth Grouper) · E. chabaudi (Modest Rockcod) · E. chlorocephalus (Tonga Grouper) · E. chlorostigma (Brownspotted Grouper) · E. cifuentesi (Olive Grouper) · E. ciliatus (Dusky Rockfish) · E. coeruleopunctatus (Whitespotted Grouper) · E. coioides (Orange-Spotted Grouper) · E. corallicola (Coral Grouper) · E. costae (Goldblotch Grouper) · E. cruentatus (Graysby) · E. cubanus (Leather Bass) · E. cyanopodus (Speckled Blue Grouper) · E. daemelii (Black Cod) · (Darwin Grouper) · E. diacanthus (Six-Barred Reef Cod) · E. drummondhayi (Strawberry Grouper) · E. epistictus (Black-Dotted Rock-Cod) · E. ergastularius (Grey-Banded Rock-Cod) · E. erythrurus (Cloudy Rock Cod) · E. exsul (10-Spine Grouper) · E. fasciatomaculatus (Rock Grouper) · E. fasciatomaculosus (Rock Grouper) · E. fasciatus (Black-Tipped Rock-Cod) · E. faveatus (Barred-Chest Grouper) · E. flavocaeruleus (Blue and Yellow Reef Cod) · E. flavocoeruleus (Blue and Yellow Reef Cod) · (Yellowfinned Grouper) · E. fulva (Coney) · E. fulvus (Coney) · E. fuscoguttatus (Brown-Marbled Grouper) · E. gabriellae (Gabriella´s Grouper) · E. goreensis (Dungat Grouper) · E. guttatus (Lucky Grouper) · E. haifensis (Haifa Grouper) · E. heniochus (Bridled Grouper) · E. hexagonatus (Hexagon Grouper) · E. howlandi (Howland Island Rock Cod) · E. impetiginosus (Marbled Grouper) · E. indistinctus (Somali Grouper) · E. ionthas (Southern Jewfish) · E. irroratus (Marquesan Grouper) · E. itajara (Atlantic Goliath Grouper) · E. jordani (Gulf Grouper) · E. labriformis (Lateralband Grouper) · E. lanceolatus (Queensland Grouper) · E. latifasciatus (Laterally-Banded Grouper) · E. lebretonianus (Mystery Grouper) · E. lepidopterus (Butterfly Perch) · E. longispinis (Streaky Spot Rockcod) · E. longispinus (Long-Spine Rock Cod) · E. macrospilos (Snubnose Grouper) · E. macrospilus (Large-Spotted Rockcod) · E. maculatus (Highfin Grouper) · E. magniscuttis (Speckled Grouper) · E. malabaricus (Malabar Grouper) · E. marginatus (Yellowbelly Rockcod) · E. melanostigma (Blackspot Honeycomb Grouper) · E. merra (Dwarf Spotted Grouper) · E. miliaris (Honeyfin Grouper) · E. morio (Cherna De Vivero) · E. morrhua (Banded-Check Reef-Cod) · E. multinotatus (White-Blotched Grouper) · E. mystacinus (Bigeyed Grouper) · (Black Gouper) · E. niphobles (Star-Studded Grouper) · (Grouper) · E. octofasciatus (Convict Groper) · E. ongus (White-Speckled Rock Cod) · E. oxygeneios (New Zealand Groper) · (Thompson's Rock-Cod) · E. poecilonotus (Dot-Dash Grouper) · E. polleni (Blue-Lined Grouper) · E. polylepis (Smallscaled Grouper) · E. polyphekadion (Smooth Flowery Rock-Cod) · E. polystigma (White-Spotted Rock-Cod) · E. posteli (Striped-Fin Grouper) · (Hawaiian Gold-Barred Butterflyfish) · E. quinquefasciatus (Pacific Goliath Grouper) · E. quoyanus (Longfin Grouper) · E. radiatus (Oblique-Banded Cardinalfish) · E. retouti (Red-Tipped Rockcod)

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Further Reading

• Heemstra, P.C. and Randall, J.E. 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.
• Heemstra, Phillip C. and John E. Randall 1993. Groupers of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Grouper, Rockcod, Hind, Coral Grouper, and Lyretail Species Known to Date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis (125), Vol. 16. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. ISBN: 92-5-103125-8.
• Heemstra, Phillip C., and John E. Randall 1993. 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. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 16. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. vii + 382. ISBN: 92-5-103125-8.
• Hombron, J.B. and Jacquinot, H. 1853. Reptiles et poissons. In: J. Dumont d"Urville (ed.) (ed.), Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie sur les corvettes "L'Astrolabe" et "La Zelee"…pendant 1837-40, pp. 31-56.. Paris (France).
• IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008).

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Heemstra, Phillip C. (from FishBase).
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Samoilys, M. & Pollard, D. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Samoilys, M. & Pollard, D. 2008. Epinephelus lebretonianus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 126554
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-26506
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 551071
• IUCN ID: 207794
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 128503

Footnotes

1. Samoilys, M. & Pollard, D. 2008. Epinephelus lebretonianus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

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