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Epinephelus striatus Nassau-Grouper

Epinephelus striatus is commonly referred to as Nassau-Grouper. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
2802 
AphiaID:
159222 
Scientific:
Epinephelus striatus 
German:
Nassau-Zackenbarsch 
English:
Nassau-Grouper 
Category:
Groupers 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Epinephelus (Genus) > striatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bloch, ), 1792 
Occurrence:
Suriname, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S. 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 90 Meter 
Habitats:
Reef-associated, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 
Size:
27.56" - 47.24" (70cm - 120cm) 
Weight:
10 kg 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Hermit crabs, Krill, Predatory, Schrimps 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Critically endangered (CR) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-01-10 12:46:31 

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Epinephelus striatus (Bloch, 1792)

Epinephelus striatus belong to the Family „Serranidae“ . They are also known as Nassau grouper and occur from New England (USA) to southeastern Brazil, throughout the Bahamas, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.

Synonymised names
Anthias cherna Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Anthias striatus Bloch, 1792 · unaccepted
Serranus gymnopareius Valenciennes, 1828 · unaccepted
Serranus striatus (Bloch, 1792) · unaccepted
Sparus chrysomelanus Lacepède, 1802 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sparus chrysomelas Lacepède, 1802 · unaccepted

External links

  1. fishbase (en). Abgerufen am 10.01.2025.

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Nassau Grouper, Epinephelus striatus,U.S. Virgin Islands, 2007
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