Author: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817

Epinephelus aeneus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817

Diagnosis: body rather elongate. D X-XI + 14-16; A III + 8-9; caudal fin rounded. Scales small, embedded in thick skin, over 9O in lateral line. Colour: greenish-grey; some more or less distinct darker, double oblique bands and blackish spots on body; 2 or 3 prominent oblique stnpes on the side of the head. Size: to 115 cm SL.

Habitat: sandy and muddy bottoms at 20-200 m. Food: fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans. Reproduction: during spring (Mediterranean).

Distribution: eastern Atlantic, African and European coasts northward to British Isles, also southern Mediterranean. Elsewhere, southward to Angola.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). Chaine, 1935: 140, pl. 11-12.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Percoidei
Family Serranidae
Genus Epinephelus
Species Epinephelus aeneus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Epinephelus aeneus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817

Synonyms:

Serranus aeneus E. Geoffroy, 1817, Descr. Égypte, Poiss.: pl. 21 (fig. 3) ('Damiette'). Holotype and paratype: MNHN no. 7326.
Serranus aeneus: Günther, 1859, 1: 134 Steindachner, 1882b: 21, pl. 2 (fig. 1) Fowler, 1936, 2: 756 Lozano Rey, 1952: 106, pl. 5 (fig. 4).
Cerna aenea: Doderlein, 1882a, 15: 201, pl. 2 (fig. 3) (Sicily).
Epinephelus aeneus: Doderlein, 1889: 67 Boulenger, 1895: 222 Cadenat, 1935: 402, fig. 13-15 Dieuzeide et al., 1954: 194, fig. Poll, 1954: 50, fig. 14, pl. 3 (2), 7 (2) Bini, 1968, 4: 71, fig.


Common names:

cernia bianca [It]
cernia bronzina [It]
cherne de ley [Es]
dakar hamichmoret [Iw]
garoupa verde [Pr]
lahoz [Tu]
mennani abiad [Ar]
mérou blanc [Fr]
sphyrida [He]
wakar [Eg]
white grouper [En]

Bini, G. 1967-1972. Atlante dei pesci delle Coste italiane. Mondo Sommerso, Milano, 9 vol: I, 1967, Leptocardi, Ciclostomi, Selaci, 206 pp., 66 fig. + 64 col. fig. II, 1971, Osteitti (Acipenseriformi, Clupeiformi, Mictofiformi, Anguilliformi), 300 pp., 73 col. fig. III, 1970, Notacantiformi . . . Zeiformi, 229 pp., 34 fig. + 63 col. fig. IV, 1968, Perciformi (Mugiloidei, Percoidei), 163 pp., 34 fig. + 49 col. fig. V, 1968, Perciformi (Percoidei), 175 pp., 22 fig. + 56 col. fig. VI, 1968, Perciformi (Trichiuroidei . . . Blennioidei), 177 pp., 48 fig + 57 col. fig. VII,1969, Perciformi (Ofidioidei . . . Dactilopteroidei), 196 pp., 57 fig. + 59 col. fig. VIII,1968, Pleuronettiformi, Echeniformi, Gobioesociformi, Tetraodontiformi, Lofiformi, 164 pp., 34 + 63 fig. IX, 1972, Introduzione. Parte generale. Aggiornamenti. Indici. 176 p.

Boulenger, G. A. 1895. Catalogue of the Perciform fishes in the British Museum, 1, 391 pp., 15 pl.

Cadenat, J. 1935. Les Serranidés de la Côte occidentale d'Afrique (du Cap Spartel au Cap Vert). Rev. Trav. Off. (scient. tech.) Pêch. marit., 8 (4): pp. 377-422, 30 fig.

Chaine, J. 1935. Recherches sur les otolithes des Poissons. Étude descriptive et comparative de la sagitta des Téléostéens. Act. Soc. linn. Bordeaux, 87: 1-242,18 pl.

Dieuzeide, R.; Novella, M. (collab. J. Roland), 1953-1955. Catalogue des Poissons des Côtes algériennes. Bull. Stn Aquic. Pêch. Castiglione, I (n.s.), (4), 1952 [1953]: pp. 1-135, 73 fig. n. num.; II (n.s.), (5), 1953 [1954]: pp. 1-258, 135 fig. n. num.; III (n.s.), (6), 1954 [1955]: pp. 1-384, 202 fig. n. num.

Döderlein, P. 1879-1891. Manuale Ittiologico del Mediterraneo ossia senossi metodica delle varie specie di pesci riscontrate sin qui nel Mediterraneo ed in particolare nei mari di Sicilia. Palermo, 1879-1891 (on title: '1879-1880') 5 parts: I, 1879: viii+67 pp.; II, 1881: pp. 1-120; III, 1884: pp. 121-258; IV, 1889: pp. 1-188; V, 1891: pp. 189-320.

Döderlein, P. 1882a. Rivista delle specie del genere Epinephelus Bloch o Cerna Bonap. riscontrate sinora nei mari della Sicilia. G. Sci. nat. econ. Palermo, 15: pp. 168-259, pl.

Fowler, H. W. 1936. The Marine Fishes of West Africa, based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition 1909-1915. Bull. am. Mus. nat. Hist., 70 (1), Jan. 21, 1936: pp. vii+1-606, fig. 1-275; (2), Nov. 18, 1936: pp. 607-1493, fig. 276-567.

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1817. Poissons de la Mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée in Description de l'Égypte . . ., Paris, Planches Histoire Naturelle, 1, Poissons, pl. 18-27.

Lozano y Rey, L. 1952. Peces fisoclistos, Subserie Toracicos. Mems R. Acad. Cienc. exact. fis. nat. Madr., ser.: Cien. nat., Primate parte, 14: pp. xv+1-378, fig. 1-20, pl. I-XXX; Segunda parte, 14: pp. 379-705, fig. 21-31, pl. XXI-LI.

Poll, M. 1954. Poissons. IV. Téléostéens Acanthoptérygiens. Rés. Sci. Expéd. océanogr. belg. Eaux côt. afr. Atlant. Sud (1948-1949), 4 (3A): pp. 1-390, 107 fig., 9 pl.

Steindachner, F. 1882b. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresfische Afrika's und Beschreibung einer neuen Sargus-Art von den Galapagos-Inseln. Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 1881 [1882], 44 (1): 19-58, 10 pl.

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