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Common names: Grouper, Yellowedge grouper
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: A sport and commercial species taken off the southeastern coast (Ref. 5222). Also Ref. 276, 26340.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets) > Epinephelinae
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Common names from other countries

Mérou aile jaune, Mero aleta amarilla, White grouper, ... more

Main reference

Craig, M.T. and P.A. Hastings. 2007. (Ref. 83414)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : Heemstra, Phillip C. | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 115 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5222); common length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217); max. published weight: 18.6 kg (Ref. 40637); max. reported age: 35 years (Ref. 36872)

Length at first maturity
L_m ?, range 58 - ? cm

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 90 - 360 m (Ref. 89707)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 27°C (Ref. 107945); 36°N - 28°S, 98°W - 34°W (Ref. 5222)

Distribution

Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Distinguished by the following characteristics: buff or greyish brown head and body, whitish ventrally; yellow margins of dorsal and pectoral fins, sometimes including anal and caudal fins; pale blue line from the eye to the angle of preopercle; depth of body less than head length, contained 2.7-2.9 times in SL; head length 2.4-2.6 times in SL; convex interorbital area; angular preopercle, serrae at the angle distinctly enlarged; eye diameter equal to or greater than interorbital width in fish less than 45 cm SL; posterior and anterior nostrils subequal in size (Ref. 89707).

A solitary species (Ref. 26340) occurring in rocky areas and on sand mud bottom. On soft bottoms they are often seen in or near trenches or burrow-like excavations. Feeds on a wide variety of invertebrates (mainly brachyuran crabs) and fishes. Marketed fresh and considered good quality.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Vulnerable (VU) (A2d+3d)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5001 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.8 ±0.61 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.10; tmax=35)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High vulnerability (58 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Very high

Hyporthodus flavolimbatus (Poey, 1865)