Epinephelus erythrurus
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | PERCIFORMES | SERRANIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Epinephelus erythrurus | |||||||||
| Species Authority: | Valenciennes, 1828 | |||||||||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Epinephelus townsendi Boulenger, 1898
Serranus erythurus Valenciennes, 1828
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Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Data Deficient ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2008 |
| Assessor/s: | Heemstra, P.C., Rocha, L., Choat, J.H., Craig, M.T., Bertoncini, A.A. & Ferreira, B. |
| Reviewer/s: | Sadovy, Y. & Moss, K. (Grouper and Wrasse Red List Authority) |
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Justification: Although Epinephelus erythrurus is widespread, there is no published information on its fishery, population or biology and it is, therefore, listed as Data Deficient. However, the species occurs in shallow, often heavily fished and poorly studied areas where it is likely to be part of a multi-species fishery that may be in decline. More detailed information may show this species to be heavily threatened and the species should be re-assessed as information becomes available. |
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | Epinephelus erythrurus is an Indo-West Pacific species ranging from Pakistan to India including Laccadive (Lakshadweep) Islands (India), Sri Lanka, and through the larger islands of the East Indies and the Gulf of Thailand. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Bangladesh; Cambodia; India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Viet Nam
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Indian Ocean – eastern; Indian Ocean – western; Pacific – western central
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Population [top]
| Population: | Epinephelus erythrurus is unlikely to be common as there is very little published information. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Habitat and Ecology: | Epinephelus erythrurus is a reef-associated that inhabits areas with muddy or silty-sand bottoms in harbours and in estuaries. Nothing has been published on its biology. A 16.3 cm SL fish was found to have ripe ova. |
| Systems: | Marine |
Threats [top]
| Major Threat(s): | Epinephelus erythrurus may be threatened by overfishing, but there is no fishery information from its range of occurrence, although it occurs in trawls, also hooks and line and traps. It is most likely fished for subsistence, and occurs within densely human populated areas, so this may be a threat but further information is needed to clarify. |
Conservation Actions [top]
| Conservation Actions: | Epinephelus erythrurus may occur in a few protected areas in Thailand, but management is doubtful. |
Bibliography [top]
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Heemstra, P.C. and Randall, J.E. 1993. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (Family Serranidae, Subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008). |
| Citation: | Heemstra, P.C., Rocha, L., Choat, J.H., Craig, M.T., Bertoncini, A.A. & Ferreira, B. 2008. Epinephelus erythrurus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2012. |
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