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Epinephelidae
white grouper
Epinephelus aeneus
Undergoes sex change from female to male
- Blue
- White
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Europe
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Blue
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
Largewhite grouper is a marine fish of Eastern Atlantic. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 120 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Epinephelus
- Maximum length
- 120 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: along the west coast of Africa to southern Angola (Ref. 5222 , 57293 ), including the southern Mediterranean (Ref. 5222 ). First record from Corsica, France in 2012 (Ref. 95840 ). Records from the Canary Islands and Cape Verde are unsubstantiated (Ref. 5222 ).
- Conservation status
- NTNear Threatened
Class
Family
Conservation status
