Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 87

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4347007
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817)
status

Treatment

Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817) View in CoL —White grouper

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Epinephelus oeneus , C.V. by Gruvel (1931: 100); subsequently recorded as Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809) View in CoL by George et al. (1964: 17); as Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy St Hil.) View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 62); as Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1817) View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 131–132); recently recorded as Epinephelus aeneus View in CoL by Harmelin-Vivien et al. (2005: 629). Material in collection: AUBM, AMNH, BMNH and USNM.

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, eastern Atlantic: Portugal and Morocco south to Angola, including Cape Verde Islands and islands of the Gulf of Guinea.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (NT:A2bd, 18 November 2016); Med. (NT: 1 January 2008). Capture and threats: FIT, Unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Significant decline in the last two decades. High priority for conservation action.