Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)
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Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) |
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Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) View in CoL
Irvine name. Epinephelus gigas (Brünnich) . Species described by Brünnich not clear (nomen dubium) as no type specimen (Heemstra, 1991). Specimens of ‘ E. gigas ’ from West Africa reported by Poll (1954) are E. haifensis Ben-Tuvia, 1953 with which E. marginatus has often been confused (Heemstra and Randall, 1993).
Reference material. Accra, July 1938 (Irvine 283)— BMNH 1938.12 .15.8 (one: 278 mm SL) .
Distribution. Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from southern British Isles to South Africa. Also known from Brazil (Heemstra and Randall, 1993).
Widely recorded under the name ‘ Epinephelus guaza ’ (e.g. Bauchot and Blanc, 1961b), however, this name is now regarded as a nomen dubium (Heemstra, 1991). On average about 575 tonnes of this species are recorded as being caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000).
Four species are likely to be found in the Gulf of Guinea (Shipp, 1981) and two were recorded by Irvine from Ghana. On average about 75 tonnes of triggerfishes are reported to be caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000).
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