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Epinephelus craigi Frable, Tucker & Walker, 2018

Brokenbar Grouper
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Viet Nam country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Likely to occur in Vietnam, as Fourmanoir (1965: 26, fg. 10) illustrated a specimen from Nha-Trang showing the distincttive color pattern of this species. However, authors were unable to locate any museum material of this species from this country (Ref. 122001).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Frable, B.W., S.J. Tucker and H.J. Walker Jr., 2019
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);  craigi: Named for Dr. Matthew T. Craig (for his signifcant contributions to the conservation and scientifc understanding of groupers and their relatives)..

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 28 - 93 m (Ref. 122001).   Subtropical

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