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Epinephelus corallicola

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII PERCIFORMES SERRANIDAE

Scientific Name: Epinephelus corallicola
Species Authority: Valenciennes, 1828
Common Name/s:
English – Coral Grouper, Coral Rockcod, Coral Rock-cod, Duskyfin Grouper
French – Merou Coral
Spanish – Mero De Coral
Synonym/s:
Serranus altivelioides Bleeker, 1849
Serranus corallicola Valenciennes, 1828

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient     ver 3.1
Year Published: 2008
Assessor/s: Rhodes, K., Russell, B., Pollard, D., Kulbicki, M., Heemstra, P.C. & Samoilys, M.
Reviewer/s: Sadovy, Y. & Moss, K. (Grouper and Wrasse Red List Authority)
Justification:
There is insufficient information to make an informed assessment of Epinephelus corallicola.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Epinephelus corallicola is a western Pacific species that is found in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Taiwan to Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales), and eastward to the Solomon and Mariana Islands, including Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Christmas Island, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, and Palau. Possibly it also occurs in Timor. It occurs occasionally in northern New Caledonia (Allen in press). Adults are often misidentified as Epinephelus macrospilos.
Countries:
Native:
Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; China; Christmas Island; Guam; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Micronesia, Federated States of; Myanmar; New Caledonia; Northern Mariana Islands; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand; Viet Nam
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Pacific – western central;  Pacific – northwest
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Population [top]

Population: General
Nothing is known about the population of Epinephelus corallicola within its range.

Fisheries-dependent data
Less than 1% of the catch in the Pohnpei fishery (Rhodes and Tupper 2007). Low abundance within marine protected areas in Sabah (Cabanban pers. comm.).
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: General
Epinephelus corallicola is a reef-associated species common in shallow silty reefs, sometimes in estuarine areas, but also found on clear outer reef slopes.

Reproduction
The ovary was well developed in an examined fish of 30 cm SL.
Systems: Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The greatest threat to Epinephelus corallicola is overfishing by the life reef food fish trade and small-scale commercial fishers. Global warming may affect coral reef habitat, providing a second level of threat.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: No specific conservation measures are in place for Epinephelus corallicola, although it occurs within marine protected areas within its range. There are size and bag limits for serranids within the Great Barrier Reef (northern Queensland).
Citation: Rhodes, K., Russell, B., Pollard, D., Kulbicki, M., Heemstra, P.C. & Samoilys, M. 2008. Epinephelus corallicola. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2012.
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