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Epinephelus guaza (not of Linnaeus, 1758)
Misapplied name for Epinephelus marginatus (not of Linnaeus, 1758)

Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Epinephelus; Species: guaza; (not of Linnaeus, 1758)

Current accepted name :		No
Status details:		misapplied name, new combination
Status ref. :		Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993
Comment :		This name has been misapplied for Epinephelus marginatus Lowe, 1834 for a long time, first by Jordan and Evermann, 1896. See Ref. 6512 for a detailed account (and Ref. 5222 for a summary; also in Ref. 4787).
Status in Catalogue of Life:		Misapplied name


ITIS TSN : None \| Catalogue of Life (misapplied name) \| ZooBank Record \| WoRMS \| References using this synonym

Entered by : Capuli, Estelita Emily - 1994-04-18

Modified by :Bailly, Nicolas - 2012-12-13

Checked by : Froese, Rainer - 1994-09-16

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