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Dermatolepis inermis

 – Vulnerable

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: ACTINOPTERYGII
Order: PERCIFORMES
Family: SERRANIDAE
Scientific Name: Dermatolepis inermis
Species Authority: (Valenciennes, 1833)
Synonym/s:
Epinephelus inermis Valenciennes, 1833
Common Name/s:
EnglishMARBLED GROUPER
Taxonomic Notes: Grouper & Wrasse Red List Authority states that Epinephelus inermis should be Dermatolepis inermis.

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: VU A2d    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: Huntsman, G.

Geographic Range

Countries: Native:

Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; Brazil (Trindade); Cayman Islands; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; French Guiana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Martinique; Mexico; Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles (CuraƧao); Nicaragua; Panama; Puerto Rico; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States; Venezuela; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.

FAO Marine Fishing Areas: Native:

Atlantic-southwest; Atlantic-western central

Habitat and Ecology

System: Marine

Citation: Huntsman, G. 1996. Dermatolepis inermis. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 August 2008.
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