Epinephelus ongus
| Epinephelus ongus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Percoidei |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Subfamily: | Epinephelinae |
| Genus: | Epinephelus |
| Species: | E. ongus |
| Binomial name | |
| Epinephelus ongus (Bloch, 1790) | |
Epinephelus ongus, commonly called white-streaked grouper or specklefin grouper among various other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Serranidae.[2]
The white-streaked grouper is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific area from the eastern coast of Africa to the Tonga Islands but is not present in the Red Sea.[3]
This grouper is a medium-sized fish, it can grow up to 40 centimetres (16 in) length.[4]
Groupers, as other fish, have usually a number of parasites.[5][6] Not much is known about the parasitological fauna of the white-streaked grouper. In New Caledonia, it has a diplectanid monogenean on its gills, Pseudorhabdosynochus quadratus,[7] which is specific to it.
Taxonomic synonyms
- Epinephelus slacksmithi Whitley, 1959
- Epinephelus summana Whitley, 1954 subspecies hostiaretis
- Holocentrus ongus Bloch, 1790
- Serranus bataviensis Bleeker, 1849
- Serranus dichromopterus Valenciennes, 1828
- Serranus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1828
- Serranus tumilabris Valenciennes, 1828
- Serranus tumilebris Valenciennes, 1828
References
- ↑ Russell, B., Heemstra, P.C., Pollard, D., Fennessy, S., Kulbicki, M. & Cabanban, A.S. 2008. Epinephelus ongus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2013.
- ↑ http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=6472&GenusName=Epinephelus&SpeciesName=ongus&StockCode=6794
- ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/132804/0
- ↑ Allen, G.R. and R. Swainston, 1988. The marine fishes of north-western Australia: a field guide for anglers and divers. Western Australian Museum, Perth. 201 p.
- ↑ Cribb, T. H., Bray, R. A., Wright, T. & Pichelin, S. 2002: The trematodes of groupers (Serranidae: Epinephelinae): knowledge, nature and evolution. Parasitology, 124, S23-S42.
- ↑ Justine, J.-L., Beveridge, I., Boxshall, G. A., Bray, R. A., Moravec, F., Trilles, J.-P. & Whittington, I. D. 2010: An annotated list of parasites (Isopoda, Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda and Nematoda) collected in groupers (Serranidae, Epinephelinae) in New Caledonia emphasizes parasite biodiversity in coral reef fish. Folia Parasitologica, 57, 237-262. doi:10.14411/fp.2010.032 PDF
- ↑ Schoelinck, C. & Justine, J.-L. 2011: Pseudorhabdosynochus quadratus n. sp. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from the white-streaked grouper Epinephelus ongus (Bloch) (Perciformes: Serranidae) off New Caledonia. Systematic Parasitology, 79, 77-80. doi:10.1007/s11230-011-9295-x
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