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View Mode View All Pictures Species Epinephelus epistictus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843)    Epinephelus epistictus was originally described as Serranus epistictus by Temminck & Schlegel in 1843. It belongs to the family Serranidae and subfamily Epinephelinae. It is commonly known as Dotted grouper but has many other common names such as Spottedback grouper in Australia, Komon-hata in Japan, Brown rockcod in South Africa, Garoupa pálida in Mozambique, Diri in Djibouti, Mérou pâle in Djibouti. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East and South Africa east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Korea, southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to northwestern Australia.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   epistictus AuthorWI   Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] AuthorNI   Temminck & Schlegel Qualification   --- Year   1843 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Perciformes Perciformes Family   Serranidae Subfamily   Epinephelinae Epinephelinae Genus   Epinephelus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Perciformes Family   Serranidae Subfamily   Epinephelinae Genus   Epinephelus Original Name   Serranus         Taxon Name   epistictus Original Combination   Serranus epistictus Original Genus   Serranus Original Genus Species   Serranus epistictus OriginalSubGenus   Serranus Original Author   Temminck & Schlegel Original AuthorWI   Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1843 Original Family   Serranidae Original SubFamily   Epinephelinae Original Level   species Type Locality   Nagasaki, Japan. Type Catalogue   Type information: Boeseman 1947:24 [ref. 12876]. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   RMNH D88 (stuffed) Page   8 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Original QualificationSS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Epinephelus epistictus Current Species   epistictus Current Genus Epinephelus Current AuthorWI Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] Current AuthorNI   Temminck & Schlegel Current Year   1843 Current Family Serranidae Current Subfamily Epinephelinae Epinephelinae Habitat demersal         Water Salt water Depth Range From 71 to 290 meters.     Distribution Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East and South Africa east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Korea, southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to northwestern Australia. Current Summary   Valid as Epinephelus epistictus  (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Serranidae: Epinephelinae.   Name History   • Valid as Epinephelus epistictus  (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Dor 1984:99 [ref. 29757], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:131 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:494 [ref. 12442], Lee 1990:43 [ref. 19830], Randall & Heemstra 1991:137 [ref. 19601], Baranes & Golani 1993:306 [ref. 22372], Heemstra & Randall 1993:143 [ref. 21042], Goren & Dor 1994:25 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:130 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:144 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:46 [ref. 26476] dated 1843, Heemstra & Randall 1999:2496 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:720 [ref. 25086], Krupp et al. 2000:328 [ref. 25117], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:609 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:75 [ref. 25480], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:720 [ref. 26001], Youn 2002:309, 591 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377], Hoese et al. 2006:1010 [ref. 28999], Al-Mukhtar et al. 2011:136 [ref. 31710], Craig et al. 2011:129 [ref. 31786], Larson et al. 2013:100 [ref. 32988]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 14 (338 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567…121314 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   abdominalis Epinephelus abdominalis (Peters [W. C. H.] 1855) Synonym acanthistius Epinephelus acanthistius (Gilbert [C. H.] 1892) Synonym acutirostris Epinephelus acutirostris (Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828) Synonym adscensionis Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck [P.] 1765) Valid aeneus Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1817) Valid aenus Epinephelus aenus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1817) Spelling afer Epinephelus afer Bloch [M. E.] 1793 Synonym akaara Epinephelus akaara (Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843) Valid alatus Epinephelus alatus (Alleyne [H. G.] & Macleay [W.] 1877) Synonym albimaculatus Epinephelus albimaculatus Seale [A.] 1910 Synonym albofuscus Epinephelus albofuscus (Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802) Synonym alboguttatus Epinephelus alboguttatus (Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828) Synonym albomarginatus Epinephelus albomarginatus Boulenger [G. A.] 1903 Valid albopunctulatus Epinephelus albopunctulatus Boulenger [G. A.] 1895 Synonym alexandrinus Epinephelus alexandrinus (Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828) Synonym altivelioides Epinephelus altivelioides (Bleeker [P.] 1849) Synonym amblycephalus Epinephelus amblycephalus (Bleeker [P.] 1857) Valid amboinensis Epinephelus amboinensis Bleeker [P.] 1852 Action analogus Epinephelus analogus Gill [T. N.] 1863 Valid andersoni Epinephelus andersoni Boulenger [G. A.] 1903 Valid angularis Epinephelus angularis (Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828) Synonym angustifrons Epinephelus angustifrons (Steindachner [F.] 1864) Synonym ara Epinephelus ara (Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843) Synonym arara Epinephelus arara (Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828) Synonym areolatus Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskål [P. S.] 1775) Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 14 (338 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567…121314 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…