White-streaked Grouper (species: Epinephelus ongus) in Lady Elliot Island (Gaia Guide)
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Epinephelus ongus
White-streaked Grouper


©John E. Randall: White-streaked Grouper (Epinephelus ongus)

©Sally Polack: Unsexed White-streaked Grouper (Epinephelus ongus)

©Dennis Polack: Juvenile White-streaked Grouper (Epinephelus ongus)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Serranidae
Genus Epinephelus
Species Epinephelus ongus
Status least concern

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 40 cm (Total Length)

Depth range

  • From 5 m to 25 m

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

Inhabits inner coastal and lagoon reefs, also in brackish waters where it occurs in ledges and caves (FishBase).

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References

  • Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.
  • Bott, N.J., T.L. Miller and T.H. Cribb (2013). Bucephalidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) of Plectropomus (Serranidae: Epinephelinae) in the tropical Pacific. Parasitology Research, 112: 2561-2584. LIRS catalog number 1717.
  • Grutter, A.S. (1997). Effect of the removal of cleaner fish on the abundance and species composition of reef fish, Oecologia, 111: 137-143. LIRS catalog number 504.
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