Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)

González-Lorenzo, J. Gustavo, González-Jiménez, José F. & González, José A., 2021, Review of the family Serranidae (Perciformes) from the Canary Islands (eastern-central Atlantic), with the first records of Serranus hepatus and Epinephelus aeneus, Cybium 45 (2), pp. 141-154 : 145

Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)

– Rock hind

Cephalopholis cf. cruentata : Falcón, 2015 (PhD Thesis).

Epinephelus adscensionis : Falcón et al., 2018: 42, 55 (GC); Báez et al., 2019: suppl. tab. (C) (as to be confirmed).

An amphi-Atlantic species with warm affinity; a wideranging species in the Atlantic ( Craig et al., 2011). Western Atlantic: from Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to southern Brazil, including Vila dos Remedios, Abrolhos, Fernando de Noronha and Trindade islands. Central Atlantic: Bonaparte Seamount, and Ascension and St. Helena Islands. Eastern Atlantic: São Tomé and Príncipe ( Craig et al., 2011; Heemstra and Anderson, 2016; Froese and Pauly, 2020). Reports of this species from the Azores and Cabo Verde Islands ( Freitas et al., 2019), as well as from South Africa are unsubstantiated ( Froese and Pauly, 2020).

It has been observed twice off the island of Gran Canaria with one individual each sighting ( Falcón, 2015 as Cephalopholis cf. cruentata ; Falcón et al., 2018). Reported maximum size: to 45 cm TL.