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	<commonName xml:lang='ar'>لُؤز نجمة</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Flag cabrilla</commonName>
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	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Red-tipped</commonName>
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	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Starry grouper</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Keel-kivikoha</commonName>
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	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Merete del golfo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Murico</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Murique</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>加州石斑鱼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>加洲石斑魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>加洲石斑鱼</commonName>
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	<dc:description>Distinguished by the following characteristics:  olive green to reddish brown with scattered irregular white and brown spots and blotches; white triangle at the margin of the interspinous dorsal-fin membranes and bright white tag at the tip of each spine; juveniles with black spots on the top of head and median fins reddish distally with white edge; small black saddle on peduncle; inside of mouth is red; depth of body contained 2.7-3.1 times in SL; head length 2.2-2.5 times in SL; flat interorbital area; rounded preopercle, finely serrate, slightly enlarged ventral serrae; smooth subopercle and interopercle; slightly convex upper edge of operculum; subequal anterior and posterior nostrils (Ref. 89707).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5222&amp;speccode=8196'>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)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5222&amp;speccode=8196'>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)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; price category: very high; price reliability: questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='92-5-103623-3.' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=171&amp;speccode=8196'>Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter 1994 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User's manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p. (Ref. 171)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5222&amp;speccode=8196'>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)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>60.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 11035))</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=11035&amp;speccode=8196'>CENAIM 1992 A field guide to the edible fishes and shellfishes in coastal waters of Ecuador. Centro Nacional de Acuicultura e Investigaciones Marinas (CENAIM), Ecuador. 95 p. (Ref. 11035)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073'>IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=118646&amp;speccode=8196'>Robertson, D.R. and G.R. Allen 2015 Shorefishes or the tropical eastern Pacific online information system: Fishes. Version 2.0. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama. [Accessed 09/10/2015]. (Ref. 118646)</reference></dataObject>
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