Epinephelus akaara

Epinephelus akaara

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Serranidae
Subfamilia: Epinephelinae
Genus: Epinephelus
Species: Epinephelus akaara

Name

Epinephelus akaara (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842): 9, Tab. III ["Serranus akaara"]

• Lectotype: RMNH D85 (dry).
  • Lectotype designated by Boeseman 1947
• Paralectotypes: RMNH D82 (1), D83 (1), D84 (1); ZMB 5218 [ex RMNH] (1, stuffed).

Type locality: Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan.

Synonyms

• Serranus akaara Temminck & Schlegel, 1842: 9 [​protonym​]
• Serranus shihpan Richardson, 1846
• Serranus variegatus Richardson, 1846
• Epinephelus akaara Boulenger, 1895: 216
• Epinephelus ionthas Jordan & Metz, 1913
• Epinephelus lobotoides Nichols, 1913

References

Primary references

• Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. "1850" [1842–50]. Pisces. In: Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum in India Batava imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1823–1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. BHL Reference page. 
• Sherborn, C.D. & Jentink, F.A. 1895. On the Dates of the Parts of Siebold's 'Fauna Japonica' and Giebel's 'Allgemeine Zoologie' (first edition). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 149–150. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1895. Catalogue of the Perciform Fishes in the Britsh Museum. Second Edition. Vol. I. Containing the Centrarchidae, Percidae, and Serrandiae (part). London: British Museum (Natural History). GoogleBoooks Reference page. 
• Boeseman, M. 1947. Revision of the fishes collected by Burger and Von Siebold in Japan. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 28: i–vii + 1–242, Pls. 1–5. Online Reference page. 

Additional references

• Liu, M., Wang, Y.-Y., Shan, X.-J., Kang, B. & Ding, S.-X. 2016. Primary male development of two sequentially hermaphroditic groupers, Epinephelus akaara and Epinephelus awoara (Perciformes: Epinephelidae). Journal of Fish Biology 88(4): 1598–1613. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12936Reference page. 

Links

• Epinephelus akaara in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Epinephelus akaara in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• uBio: Epinephelus akaara
• IUCN: Epinephelus akaara (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) (Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Hong Kong Grouper
日本語: キジハタ
中文: 赤点石斑鱼

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