Epinephelus amblycephalus
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | PERCIFORMES | SERRANIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Epinephelus amblycephalus | |||||||||
| Species Authority: | (Bleeker, 1857) | |||||||||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Serranus amblycephalus Bleeker, 1857
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Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Data Deficient ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2008 |
| Assessor/s: | Russell, B. & Myers, R. |
| Reviewer/s: | Sadovy, Y. & Moss, K. (Grouper and Wrasse Red List Authority) |
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Justification: Epinephelus amblycephalus is listed as Data Deficient since there is very little known about current harvest levels and there are questions about its distribution. A re-assessment of this species is warranted as more information becomes available. |
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | Epinephelus amblycephalus is a western Pacific species distributed from the Andaman Sea to southern Japan, Taiwan, China, Philippines, Viet Nam, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Arafura Sea, north-western Australia, and Fiji (Heemstra and Randall 1993). |
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Native:
Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; China; Fiji; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Myanmar; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Vanuatu; Viet Nam
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Pacific – western central; Pacific – northwest
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Population [top]
| Population: | There are no population data for Epinephelus amblycephalus. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Habitat and Ecology: | Epinephelus amblycephalus occurs on coral and rocky reefs in depths of 80 to 130 m (Heemstra and Randall 1993). Tseng and Chan (1985) discussed food, rearing procedures and larval development E. amblycephalus from Hong Kong. |
| Systems: | Marine |
Threats [top]
| Major Threat(s): | Overfishing is the greatest threat to Epinephelus amblycephalus. E. amblycephalus is a popular and commercially important species in Hong Kong (Tseng and Chan 1985), but in Singapore is “Not a popular grouper in the market” (Tan et al. 1982). The species is presently rarely observed in Hong Kong markets (Min pers. comm.). |
Conservation Actions [top]
| Conservation Actions: | There is no known conservation measures for Epinephelus amblycephalus. |
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). Tan, S.M., Lim., P.Y., Tetsushi, S. and Hooi, K.K. 1982. A Colour Guide to the Fishes of the South China Sea and the Andaman Sea. Primary Porduction Department/Marine Fisheries Research Department, Singapore. Tseng, W.Y. and Chan, K.F. 1985.. On the larval rearing of the white-spotted grouper, Epinehelus amblycephalus (Bleeker), with a description of larval development. Journal of World Mariculture 16: 114-126. |
| Citation: | Russell, B. & Myers, R. 2008. Epinephelus amblycephalus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2012. |
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