Wavy-lined grouper
📖 Overview
Lives on muddy open substrate, seeking refuge in holes in the mud or with solid structures, shipwrecks or debris. A flighty species (Ref; 48635). Also found on banks . Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans (stomatopods), shrimps, and pelagic tunicates (Thalia and Pyrosoma sp.) . Solitary (Ref 90102).
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 19; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Distinguished by the following characteristics: head, body and fins purplish grey to brownish grey; head with brown to golden brown dots and wavy longitudinal lines of the same colour on the dorsal part of the body (lines faint of absent on large specimens); narrowly blackish margin of spinous dorsal fin; body depth contained 2.7-3.1 times in SL; head length 2.5-2.7 times in SL; convex interorbital area; angular preopercle, notch above angle and enlarged serrae at angle; straight or slightly concave upper edge of operculum; subequal posterior and anterior nostrils or slightly larger posterior nostril; maxilla reaches to vertical at rear edge of eye; ventral edge of maxilla in adults with prominent knob or hook-like process; 2 rows of teeth on midlateral part of lower jaw .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Wavy-lined grouper is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 24 - 90 m . Tropical; 27°N - 13°S, 39°E - 158°E West Pacific: Gulf of Oman to Kenya, including Laccadive Islands, India, Sri Lanka, and the Andaman Islands.
🌿 Ecology
small fishes and crustaceans (stomatopods), shrimps, and pelagic tunicates (Thalia and Pyrosoma sp
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Brown-lined Reef Cod · Mid Water Grouper · Midwater Rockcod · wavy-lined grouper · Wavyline Grouper |
| 🇸🇦Arabic | Hamour |
| 🌍CES | kanic vlnkovaný |
| 🇫🇷French | Merou Ondule |
| 🌍KAN | Kolaji |
| 🌍MAL | Kolamin · കലവ മീന് · കൊലമീന് |
| 🌍MAR | Gobra · Hekaru · गोबरा · हीकरू |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Garoupa-de-linhas-onduladas |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Волнистый групер |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Mero Ondulado |
| 🌍TAM | ௨ல்டா கலவா · Kalava |
| 🌍TEL | Bontoo |
| 🌍TGL | Puol |
| 🌍THA | ปลากะรังลายคลื่น |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 波紋石斑魚 · 石斑 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 3 records indexed .
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