First records of Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790), Whitespotted Grouper, (Teleostei, Epinephelidae) in the southern Arabian Gulf

By

Mateos-Molina, Daniel
Bejarano, Ivonne
Craig, Matthew T.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-7-15

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

18

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

793--797

Subjects

Fish , Fisheries , marine , Marine protected areas , reef , United Arab Emirates

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/18.4.793

 

Abstract

Two individuals of Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790), Whitespotted Grouper, were recorded in an offshore marine protected area of the United Arab Emirates on the Arabian Gulf coast at depths of 5 m and 10 m. These are the first records of the species in the southern Arabian Gulf, and they add this species to the few groupers that inhabit one of the most extreme environmental waters of the world.