MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)

ERMS taxon details

Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)

Dusky grouper - Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)

AphiaID

127036 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127036)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Epinephelus Bloch, 1793

Original name

Serranus marginatus Lowe, 1834

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Lowe, R. T. (1834). A collection of fishes made in that island [Madeira] ... They include the following species ... regarded as hitherto undescribed . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1833. (pt 1) (for 24 Dec.): 142-144. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127036 on 2025-12-09

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127036 on 2025-12-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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original description (of ) Lowe, R. T. (1834). A collection of fishes made in that island [Madeira] ... They include the following species ... regarded as hitherto undescribed . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1833. (pt 1) (for 24 Dec.): 142-144. [details]

context source (WoRCS) Kovačić, M.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patzner, R. A. (2024). Fishes in Marine Caves. Fishes. 9(6): 243., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/6/243 [details] Available for editors

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37 (look up in RoR)
page(s): 142 [details]

additional source Lowe, R.T. (1833). Description of Alepisaurus, a new genus of fishes. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (pt 1): 104.
page(s): 142 [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves. Fishes. 10(8): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080383 [details] Available for editors

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in RoR), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	tandbaars	[details]
English	dusky perchdusky grouper	[details]
French	mérou noir	[details]
German	Riesen-Zackenbarsch	[details]
Italian	cernia bruna	[details]
Portuguese	mero	[details]
Spanish	mero moreno	[details]