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Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Malabar grouper
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India country information

Common names: Bontoo, Gobra, Hekaru
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality (Ref. 48635). Found in Kerala and Goa coast (Ref. 45255) and Godavari estuary (Ref. 51036). Museum: BPBM 27497, 27993, 20592; CMFRI 143, 173; RUSI 11382; MNHN 743 (Holotype of S. semipunctatus) (Ref. 5222). Also Ref. 4787, 4833, 89707.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah, 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Epinephelidae (Groupers)
Etymology: Epinephelus: Greek, epinephelos = cloudy (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

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

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 150 m (Ref. 5222).   Tropical; 30°N - 32°S, 29°E - 173°W (Ref. 5222)

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