Longtooth grouper

Characteristics

  • This species was once a common species in Hong Kong in 1960s, but it is now considered a rare species in Hong Kong waters.
  • Showed protogynous (female to male) sex change at least under laboratory conditions.

Description

Adults:
  • Body dark greyish brown with or without faint dark oblique bars.
  • Body covered with small pale grey dots. Juveniles:
  • Body pale yellowish brown with 6 oblique dark bars.
  • The first bar begins from anterior part of the dorsal fin and extends to eye, while the last bar is on caudal peduncle.
  • Dark bars contain pale patches.

Common Name: Longtooth grouper, Mud grouper

Family Common Name: Groupers

Scientific Name: Epinephelus bruneus___(Bloch, 1793)

Maximum Length: 136 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Longtooth grouper