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Ostéichthyen Perciformes Serranidae
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| 16 genres | 164 espèces |
| Références web | |
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| fishbase | specieslist |
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| Epinephelidae | Greek, epinephelos = cloudy | fishbase |
| grec [epi] = sur et [nephelus] = nuage, "couvert de nuages | doris | |
| Cephalopholis | Greek: kephale=head + Greek: pholis=scale | fishbase |
| Plectropomus | Greek,plektron = anything to strike with, spur + Greek, poma = cover, operculum | fishbase |
| Variola | Latin, variolus = pustule, pock | fishbase |
| Chromileptes | grec χρώμα surface, couleur d'un corps + λεπτός dépouillé de sa peau | Bailly |
| semblable à un chromis (mince, aplati) | ? | |
| Aethaloperca | Greek, aithalos, -ou = soot, black, ash + Greek, perke = perch | fishbase |
| Anyperodon | Greek: ana=up & Greek: yper=on the top + Greek: odous=teeth | fishbase |
| grec [an-] = préfixe privatif, et [huperodous] = grande dent | doris | |
| Mycteroperca | Greek, mykter, -eros = nose + Greek, perke = perch | fishbase |
| Gracila | Latin, gracilis = slender, thin | fishbase |
| Aethaloperca rogaa | ||
| fishbase / doris / aquaportail / souslesmers / floridamuseum | Synonymes | Forskål, 1775 / LC / ITIS 551022 |
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| 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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2004 Sharm el Sheik (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2019 Raja Ampat by Rickard Zerpe
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| Egypt by Maria Klingler
(via fishbase) |
2012 Marsa Alam (Egypt) by Gianemilio Rusconi
(via fishbase) |
2014 Maldives by Julien Bidet
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| Jurayd Island (Saudi Arabia) ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
intermediate, 1999 Shoiba (Saudi Arabia) ©Field, Richard
(via fishbase) |
2009 Wadi Gimal (Egypt) by Gianemilio Rusconi
(via fishbase) |
| Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea | Mérou gueule rouge | tropical |
| 3-60m / 60cm | often on silty habitat, in or near caves and holes in the reef; small juveniles mimic Centropyge vrolikii & nox | |
| Aethaloperca rogaa | ||
| Anyperodon leucogrammicus | ||
| fishbase / souslesmers / aquaportail | Synonymes | Valenciennes, 1828 / LC / ITIS 167949 |
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| 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2014 Komodo ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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2014 Palau by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2014 Mirihi (Maldives) by Rainer Kretzberg
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2019 Indonesia by Rickard Zerpe
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| Maldives by Rainer Kretzberg
(via fishbase) |
2015 Maldives by Gianemilio Rusconi
(via fishbase) |
2019 Raja Ampat by Rickard Zerpe
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 1995 Palau ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
juvénile, 1995 Manado (Indonesia) ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
2013 Fiji by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| 2014 Solomon Is. by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2001 Great Barrier (Au) by Erik Schlogl
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2005 by Leonard Low
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WPacifiq, Red Sea & N&W-Australie | Mérou élégant | tropical |
| 1-50m (jsq 80m) / 40 cm (jsq 65cm) | protogyne, openwater, fécondation externe, nonguarder | solitaire, monotypique; the distinctive blue and gold striped juveniles are mimics of the wrasse Halichoeres purpurescens & dark damsels to approach preys |
| Anyperodon leucogrammicus | ||
| Cephalopholis | ||
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| Cephalopholis argus
2015 Mer Corail by Ian Shaw
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
Cephalopholis cruentatus
©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
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| Cephalopholis cyanostigma
juvénile, 2016 Raja Ampat by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
Cephalopholis hemistiktos
Djibouti ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
Cephalopholis (Epinephelus) miniata
Maldives ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
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| Cephalopholis oligosticta
2011 Habili Ali (Egypt) by Derek Keats
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
Cephalopholis sexmaculata
Maldives ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
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| Cephalopholis | ||
| Cromileptes altivelis | ||
| fishbase / aquaportail / reef-guardian / souslesmers / doris / ADW / australianmuseum | Synonymes | Valenciennes,1828 / DD / ITIS 643423 |
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| 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2005 aquarium (Nausicaa) ©ppascal (via GooglePhotos) | 2005 aquarium (Nausicaa) ©ppascal (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 2006 aquarium (SW) by Udo Schröter
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2009 Bangkok by Bjoertvedt
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2005 aquarium (Au) ©Trevor Meyer
(via fishbase) |
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| 2005 Mooloolaba (Au) by Trevor Meyer
(via fishbase) |
2009 Sulawesi by Jim Greenfield
(via fishbase) |
2013 Sulawesi by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| Heron Island (Au) ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
juvénile, Sulawesi ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
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2005 aquarium (Bristol) ©Arpingstone 
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2009aquarium (Frankfurt) by Joachim S. Mueller
(via INaturalist) |
2006 by Erik Schlogl
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2004 aquarium (Anvers) ©Frank Wouters
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
| E-Indian & W-Pacifiq | Mérou de Grace Kelly | tropical |
| 2-25m (jsq 40m) / 50-70 cm / 50ans | protogyne, openwater, fécondation externe, nonguarder, growth is very slow | monotypiq, peu courant, se regroupent en période de reproduction, |
| Cromileptes altivelis | ||
| Epinephelus | ||
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| Epinephelus adscensionis
©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus
Maldives ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
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| Epinephelus coioides
Bahrain ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
Epinephelus costae
2005 by Fernando Herranz Martín
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
Epinephelus fasciatus
Dahab (Egypt) by Alan Slater (Photo2222)
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
2001 Great Barrier (Au) by Erik Schlogl
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
Epinephelus hexagonatus
Guam ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
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| Epinephelus lanceolatus
2017 aquarium (Durban) by Brian Gratwicke
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
Epinephelus maculatus
2013 Sydney by Ian Shaw
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
Epinephelus malabaricus
aquarium (Melbourne) by Fir0002
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| Epinephelus marginatus
2005 La Londe (Fr83) ©Dany (via OZP) |
Epinephelus merra
Fanning Island (Kiribati) ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
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| Epinephelus multinotatus
Karan Is (Persian Gulf) ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
Epinephelus polyphekadion
Marshall Is ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
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| Epinephelus quoyanus
Great Barrier Reef (Au) ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
Epinephelus stoliczkae
Oman ©Field, Richard
(via fishbase) |
Epinephelus summana
2000 Sweiba (Saudi Arabia) ©Field, Richard
(via fishbase) |
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| Epinephelus tauvina
Red Sea ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
Epinephelus tukula
2011 Coral Sea (Au) by Lesley Clements
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| Epinephelus | ||
| Gracila albomarginata | ||
| fishbase / doris / souslesmers / australianmuseum | Synonymes | Fowler & Bean, 1930 / LC / ITIS 167941 |
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| 2011 Mariana Island by Kevin Lino NOAA
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2016 Inde by RuchaKarkarey
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2015 Maldives ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 2015 Polynesia by Hectonicus
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2015 Jarvis Island (Kiribati) by Kevin Lino NOAA
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 1997 Borneo ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
1995 Maldives ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
juvénile, 1995 Kakabia Is. (ID) ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
| Indo-Pacifiq (no Red Sea nor Persian Gulf) | Mérou à bord rouge | tropical |
| 6-120m / 40cm | active swimmer, uncommon and usually solitary | |
| Gracila albomarginata | ||
| Hyporthodus niveatus | ||
| fishbase | Synonymes | Valenciennes, 1828 / VU / ITIS 167705 |
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| 2011 Singer Island (Florida) ©Kevin Bryant
(via fishbase) |
2016 Cozumel (Yucatan) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2016 Cozumel (Yucatan) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| Panama by Andrew David NOAA
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2011 Singer Island (Florida) ©Kevin Bryant
(via fishbase) |
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| 2011 Singer Island (Florida) ©Kevin Bryant
(via fishbase) |
2011 Singer Island (Florida) ©Kevin Bryant
(via fishbase) |
2012 Gulf of Mexico by Mike Vecchione NOAA
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
| W-Atlantiq | snowy grouper | (sub)tropical |
| 30-200m (jsq525m) / 60-122cm / 30kg / 27ans | protogyne, nonguarder, openwater | |
| Hyporthodus niveatus | ||
| Mycteroperca bonaci | ||
| fishbase / doris / souslesmers / floridamuseum | Synonymes | Poey, 1860 / NT / ITIS 167760 |
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| 2016 Cozumel (Yucatan) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2016 Cozumel (Yucatan) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 1995 Cozumel by Bernard DUPONT
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| by USGS
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
1995 Cozumel by Bernard DUPONT
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
1999 Brazil by Rzpguimaraes
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2013 aquarium (Baltimore) by Jarek Tuszynski
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2019 by Albert Kok
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| juvénile, 2012 ©Kevin Bryant
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
by Brian Gratwicke
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2013 aquarium (Baltimore) by Jarek Tuszynski
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| Belize ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
2010 Brazil ©Caio Ribeiro Pimentel
(via fishbase) |
2015 Beazil ©Cláudio L. S. Sampaio
(via fishbase) |
| W-Atlantiq | black grouper | tropical |
| <250m / 70-150cm / 100kg | protogyne, forms spawning aggregations, throughout the year, but peaking once | solitary, common but difficult to approach |
| Mycteroperca bonaci | ||
| Plectropomus areolatus | ||
| fishbase / souslesmers | Synonymes | Rüppell, 1830 / VU / ITIS 551114 |
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| 2019 Raja Ampat by Rickard Zerpe
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2011 by Derek Keats
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Maldives by Julien Bidet
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2019 Raja Ampat by Rickard Zerpe
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2010 Borneo by Bernard DUPONT
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2017 Lakshadweep(Inde) by RuchaKarkarey
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2010 Maldives by Jim Greenfield
(via fishbase) |
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) ©Field, Richard
(via fishbase) |
2006 Ras Muhammad (Egypt) by Roland Unger
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea | Mérou queue carrée | tropical |
| <20m / 80cm / 14ans | shy | |
| Plectropomus areolatus | ||
| Plectropomus laevis | ||
| fishbase / en.wiki / doris / souslesmers | Synonymes | Lacepède, 1801 / LC / ITIS 551115 |
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| 2015 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2015 Maldives ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | dans le sillage de Macolor macularis,
2015 Maldives ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 2015 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2017 Polynesia by Hectonicus
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2013 Maldives by MDC Seamarc
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
juvénile, 2005 Great Barrier (Au) by Richard Ling
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2009 Maldives by Gianemilio Rusconi
(via fishbase) |
2015 Maldives by Gianemilio Rusconi
(via fishbase) |
2009 Marshall Is. by Scott Johnson
(via fishbase) |
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| 1995 Marshall Is. ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
1995 Marshall Is. ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
2010 Maldives by Jim Greenfield
(via fishbase) |
| Indo-Pacific, no Red Sea nor Persian Gulf | mérou sellé | tropical |
| 4-100m / 84-125cm / 24.2kg / 20ans | Eggs float just below the surface | uncommon, voracious, migrate over short distances to spawn, forming large aggregations; juveniles may mimic the pufferfish Canthigaster valentini |
| Plectropomus laevis | ||
| Plectropomus oligacanthus | ||
| fishbase / saltcorner | Synonymes | Bleeker, 1855 / LC / ITIS 551116 |
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| 2014 Komodo ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2014 Komodo ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2017 Soudan ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2017 Soudan ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2019 Raja Ampat by Rickard Zerpe
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Komodo ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | |
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| Philippines ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
2010 Sipadan (Sabah/Borneo) by Bernard DUPONT
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2012 Gam (Raja Ampat) ©David R
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
| Indo-W Pacifiq | Mérou loche cacatois | tropical |
| 15-147m / 75cm / 1.2kg | rare, reported to forage in groups of two or three | |
| Plectropomus oligacanthus | ||
| Plectropomus pessuliferus | ||
| fishbase / souslesmers | Synonymes | Fowler, 1904 / LC / ITIS 551117 |
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| 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | ||
| Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea | Mérou loche vagabonde | tropical |
| 25-147m / 120cm | uncommon, solitary | |
| Plectropomus pessuliferus | ||
| Plectropomus pessuliferus marisrubri | ||
| fishbase / nomadica | Synonymes | Randall & Hoese, 1986 / VU / ITIS |
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| 2013 Hurghada (Egypt ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2012 Hurghada (Egypt ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2013 Hurghada (Egypt ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 2017 Soudan by Hectonicus
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2007 Red Sea by Nicolas Devos
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2013 Hurghada (Egypt ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 2014 Elphinstone by Nikolaus
(via fishbase) |
2017 Soudan by Hectonicus
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2006 by Jon Hanson
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 1999 Dahab (Egypt) ©Field, Richard
(via fishbase) |
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) ©Field, Richard
(via fishbase) |
1999 Dahab (Egypt) ©Field, Richard
(via fishbase) |
| Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea | Roving coralgrouper of the Red Sea | tropical |
| uncommon, solitary | ||
| Plectropomus pessuliferus marisrubri | ||
| Variola albimarginata | ||
| fishbase / fishesofaustralia / cookislands.bishopmuseum / doris / souslesmers | Synonymes | Baissac, 1953 / LC / ITIS 551120 |
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| 2018 Bali by Scott Johnson
(via fishbase) |
2014 Durban by Amada44
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2010 Borneo by Bernard DUPONT
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2010 Borneo by Bernard DUPONT
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2013 by Izuzuki
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2012 Indonesia by Elias Levy
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| Maldives ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
PNG ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
2015 Komodo by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| 2015 Fiji by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2002 Great Barrier (Au) by Erik Schlogl
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2014 Baa Atoll (Maldives) by Ahmed Abdul Rahman
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-Pacifiq | Mérou croissant queue blanche | tropical |
| 12-90m / 65-67cm | protogyne, openwater, fécondation externe, nonguarder | peu commune |
| Variola albimarginata | ||
| Variola louti | ||
| fishbase / aquaportail / souslesmers / australianmuseum | Synonymes | Forsskål, 1775 / LC / ITIS 167920 |
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| 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2010 Egypt ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2010 Egypt ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2012 Nakari (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| juvénile, 2011 Réunion ©Philippe Bourjon
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2001 Sodwana Bay (SA) by Derek Keats
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2007 Taba (Egypt) by Photo2222
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2014 Daedalus ©Trevor Meyer
(via fishbase) |
2006 by Jacek Madejski
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
by Albert Kok
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 1995 Red Sea ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
1995 Maldives ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
juvénile, 1997 Red Sea ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
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| 2015 Ras Mohammed (Sinaii) by Lesley Clements
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
juvénile, 2013 Cook Is. by Ian Shaw
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2014 Maldives by Frederic Ducarme
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| juvénile, 2014 Palau by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2012 by Izuzuki
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
by Albert Kok
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
| Indo & W-Pacifiq & Red Sea | Mérou croissant jaune | tropical |
| 3-250m / 75 cm (jsq 83 cm) / 12 kg | protogyne, openwater, fécondation externe, nonguarder | |
| Variola louti | ||
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