Convict grouper
📖 Overview
Occurs near shore, including semi-enclosed sea areas in rocky reefs in shallow waters . Feeds on fishes and crustaceans . Commercially cultured in Japan.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Distinguished by the following characteristics: buff body with 7-8 dark bars; 3 pale interspaces below soft dorsal fin; last dark bar covers most of caudal peduncle and extends to the base of the last 2-3 dorsal fin rays; blackish brown pelvic fin rays; median fins blackish brown distally with narrow pale margin; dark maxillary streak usually hidden by maxilla; pale gill rakers and gill arches, without minute melanophores; depth of body contained 2.5-3.1 times in SL; head length 2.4-2.6 times in SL; distinctly convex interorbital area, convex dorsal head profile; diameter of posterior nostrils of adults 3-4 times bigger than anterior nostrils; angular preopercle, with enlarged serrae at angle; 1-2 small spines anterior to angle at lower edge of preopercle; serrate or smooth lower edge of subopercle and rear edge of interopercle, convex upper edge of operculum; maxilla reaches to below rear half of eye, distinct step on lower edge of maxilla; 2 rows of teeth on midlateral part of lower jaw .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Convict grouper is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Convict grouper is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Convict grouper is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 5 - 30 m . Tropical; 40°N - 24°N, 121°E - 142°E Northwest Pacific: known with certainty only from Japan, Korea, and China.
🌿 Ecology
fishes and crustaceans (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Convict Rockcod · Convict grouper · Sevenband Grouper |
| 🌍CES | kanic sedmipruhý |
| 🇫🇷French | Merou Bagnard |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Ma-hata · Mahata · マハタ · マハタモドキ |
| 🇰🇷Korean | 능성어 |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Garoupa-de-sete-listras |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Mero Carcelario |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 七帶下美鮨 · 石斑 · 過魚 · 鱠仔 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epinephelus septemfasciatus | Thunberg | 1793 | Synonym |
| Epinephilus septemfasciatus | Thunberg | 1793 | Synonym |
| Perca 7-fasciata | Thunberg | 1793 | Synonym |
| Perca septemfasciata | Thunberg | 1793 | Synonym |
| Plectropoma susuki | Cuvier | 1828 | Synonym |
| Serranus octocinctus | Temminck & Schlegel | 1842 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 12 records indexed .
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