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Epinephelus rivulatus (Valenciennes, 1830)

Halfmoon grouper
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Indonesia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Bali; with an Indonesian distribution from Timor and Flores (Ref. 47567). Museum: Sulawesi, RMNH 31306. Bulukumba, RMNH 5465 (holotype of S. rhyncholepis). Jeneponto, BPBM 26790. Lombok, BPBM 30077. Also Ref. 4787, 5978, 89707.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993
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 author: Valenciennes.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 150 m (Ref. 9710).   Subtropical; 36°N - 36°S, 23°E - 175°E (Ref. 5222)

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