Epinephelus marginatus 

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Zabala, M., Garcia-Rubies, A., Louisy P. and Sala, E. 1997a. Spawning behaviour of the Mediterranean dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) (Pisces, Serranidae) in the Medes Islands Marine Reserve (NW Mediterranean, Spain). Scientia Marina 61(1): 65-77

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