LONGSPINE GROUPER

Epinephelus longispinis

Bookmark

IUCN Red List Status: NOT EVALUATED

Image
Maps

Images

Sounds

Occurrence Overview

Select a video to the right to begin playback.

Classification : Text | Graphic | Source

Animals +
- Chordates +
  - Ray-finned fishes +
    - Perch-like fishes +
      - Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets +
        
        Groupers +
        
        Longspine grouper
Archaea +
Bacteria +
Chromista +
Fungi +
Plants +
Protozoa +
Viruses +

Overview
Description
Ecology and Distribution
Evolution and Systematics
Catalogue of Life Synonyms
Relevance
References and More Information
Specialist Projects
Common Names

Overview

Biology

Source and Additional Information

FishBase

See FishBase for additional references external link

Some rights reserved

Inhabits coral reefs or rocky areas and occasionally on sandy bottom. Feeds mainly on crustaceans, especially crabs and stomatopods, rarely on small fishes, squids, and pelecypod flesh. Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166).

	Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791) Large-eye dentex
	Hypsibarbus lagleri Rainboth, 1996
	Pempheris schwenkii Bleeker, 1855 Black-stripe sweeper
	Epinephelus hexagonatus (Forster, 1801) Starspotted grouper
	Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758 West Indian manatee

EOL - Encyclopedia of Life