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Common names: Garoupa, Garoupa de Sao Tomé, Garoupa de São Tomé
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: minor commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from Bahia south to Santa Catarina, including Manuel Luiz Reefs and Abrolhos Reefs (Ref. 57756). Museum: off Cabo Frio and Santos, MZUSP 78154 (Ref. 47377). Also Ref. 3708, 5222, 13442, 89707.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Floeter, S.R., J.L. Gasparini, L.A. Rocha, C.E.L. Ferreira, C.A. Rangel and B.M. Feitoza, 2003
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Common names from other countries

Mérou rouge, Mero americano, Deer grouper, ... more

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> Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Epinephelidae (Groupers)
Etymology: Epinephelus: Greek, epinephelos = cloudy (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

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

marino associati a barriera corallina; non migratori; distribuzione batimetrica 5 - 330 m (Ref. 13442), usually 70 - 330 m (Ref. 13442). Subtropical; 35°N - 27°S, 98°W - 33°W (Ref. 5222)

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Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Bermuda; strays occur north to Massachusetts.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 54.4, range 35 - 98 cm
Max length : 125 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 26340); common length : 50.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5217); peso massimo pubblicato: 23.0 kg (Ref. 9710); Età massima riportata: 25 anni (Ref. 5222)

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Spine dorsali (totale) : 11; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 16 - 17; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 8 - 10. Color of head and body dark reddish brown, shading to pink or reddish below. Opercle with 3 flat spines, the middle one being the largest. Vertical fins angulate in larger fish. Pelvic fins shorter than pectorals and inserted slightly behind ventral and pectoral-fin base. Bases of soft dorsal and anal fins covered with scales and thick skin. No saddle on caudal peduncle. Interspinous membranes not incised (Ref. 26938); head length 2.3-2.5 times in SL; convex interorbital; subangular preopercle, serrae at angle slightly enlarged; straight upper edge of operculum; posterior and anterior nostrils subequal (Ref. 89707).

Adults occur mainly over rocky and muddy bottoms. Uncommon around coral reefs. Usually rest on the bottom (Ref. 9710). Juveniles may be found in shallow water, but adults are usually taken from depths of 70-330 m (Ref. 13442). Feed on a wide variety of fishes and invertebrates. Are protogynous hermaphrodites (Ref. 55367). Most females transform to males between ages 7 to 14. Susceptible to red tide toxin (Ptychodiscus brevi) (Ref. 5222). Marketed fresh or frozen. The world record for hook and line, 39 lbs., from Cape Canaveral, Florida (Ref. 13442).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

Sex change occurs at 75.5 cm TL and 9.5 years of age (Ref. 55367).

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 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. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p. (Ref. 5222)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Vulnerabile, vedi Lista Rossa IUCN (VU) (A2bd); Date assessed: 20 November 2016

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Other (Ref. 5222)

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si; Acquario: Acquari pubblici

FAO(pesca: production; publication : search) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 11.5 - 25.7, mean 19.1 (based on 233 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01445 (0.00940 - 0.02223), b=3.00 (2.88 - 3.12), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.1-0.18; tm=4-6; tmax=25; Fec=1.4 million).

Prior r = 0.64, 95% CL = 0.42 - 0.96, Based on 2 full stock assessments.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (64 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): High vulnerability (63 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Epinephelus morio (Valenciennes, 1828)