Epinephelus quoyanus | University of the Philippines Mindanao FishDive Project | Marine Biodiversity Database Project
Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830)
  • Classification
  • Kingdom » Animalia
  • Phylum » Chordata
  • Class » Osteichthyes
  • Order » Perciformes
  • Family » Epinephelidae
  • Genus » Epinephelus
  • Species » quoyanus
  • Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830)
    (Longfin grouper)
  • Description »   (Wikipedia) The longfin grouper (Epinephelus quoyanus), also known as the longfin rockcod, bar-breasted rock-cod, Gilbert's rock-cod, honeycomb rockcod, spotted groper or wirenet cod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean.
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  • Local Name »  
  • Locality/Distribution »   [Samal Island, Davao del Norte]
  • Collectors/Field Observers »   CL Nanola, MA Fortaleza, KL Labrador, JJ Lanutan
  • Species ID by »   Maybelle A. Fortaleza
  • Institution/Project »   University of the Philippines Mindanao FishDive Project
  • Collection Code »   FDP_IGCS_2202_017_A
  • Cite this page as: Nanola CL, MA Fortaleza, JJ Lanutan, and KL Labrador. 2023. Unpublished data on marine fishes of Davao Gulf.
  • IUCN Conservation Status »   Visit IUCN
    Least Concern (LC); Date assessed:23 November 2016 (FishBase)
  • Sample Availability and Preservation »   Tissue preserved in 95% ETOH; whole fish specimen fixed in formalin
  • GenBank Accession Number »   N/A
  • Curated by »   Maybelle Fortaleza
  • Last Updated »   Sept. 7, 2023, 4:20 p.m.
  • Cite this page as: Nanola CL, MA Fortaleza, JJ Lanutan, and KL Labrador. 2023. Unpublished data on marine fishes of Davao Gulf.
  • DNA Sequence »

    Please contact: Maybelle Fortaleza (University of the Philippines Mindanao) via email: "mafortaleza@up.edu.ph"