Mud grouper
📖 Overview
Mud grouper (Epinephelus randalli), first described by Hoshino, Denou & Nguyen, 2024 is a medium-sized fish in the family Epinephelidae (order Perciformes). Adults typically reach 33.40 cm in maximum length. It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. It occurs in Tropical waters. It feeds on a mix of small fish and invertebrates as a mid-level predator.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 24. This species is distinguished by the following characters: the serrae angle of preopercle abruptly and remarkably enlarged from dorsal to ventral direction; D 13-14; scales on lateral body cycloid, ctenoid at pectoral region. Colouration: back and side with six oblique transversal bars, the second bar steeply oblique not becoming nearly horizontal ventral to lateral line, reaching opercular margin dorsal to and ventral to its posterior tip; the third bar on body without an anterior branch; the fourth band on head very narrow, much narrower than diameter of pupil .Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Mud grouper is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated. Tropical South China Sea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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