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Epinephelus merra Dwarf-spotted Grouper, Honeycomb Cod, Honeycomb Grouper, Honeycomb Rock Cod, Wire-netted Reefcod, Wire-netting Cod

Epinephelus merrais commonly referred to as Dwarf-spotted Grouper, Honeycomb Cod, Honeycomb Grouper, Honeycomb Rock Cod, Wire-netted Reefcod, Wire-netting Cod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
3173 
AphiaID:
218228 
Scientific:
Epinephelus merra 
German:
Honigwaben-Zackenbarsch 
English:
Dwarf-spotted Grouper, Honeycomb Cod, Honeycomb Grouper, Honeycomb Rock Cod, Wire-netted Reefcod, Wire-netting Cod 
Category:
Groupers 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Epinephelus (Genus) > merra (Species) 
Initial determination:
Bloch, 1793 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Austral Islands, Australia, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Eastern Indian Ocean, French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Territory (Australia), Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Réunion , Samoa, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Faroe Islands, the Society Islands, Timor, Togean Islands, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia 
Sea depth:
1 - 50 Meter 
Size:
up to 12.2" (31 cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Chlorophyta / Light, Coralfish of all kind, Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Krill, Living Food, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Shrimps, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Only for advanced aquarists 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
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Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-10-23 23:42:46 

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Bloch, 1793

Synonyms:
Cephalopholis merra (Bloch, 1793)
Ephinephelus merra Bloch, 1793
Epinephalus merra Bloch, 1793
Serranus merra (Bloch, 1793)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Serranidae (Family) > Epinephelinae (Subfamily) > Epinephelus (Genus) > Epinephelus merra (Species)

Scientific paper

  1. Oxidative stress responses and biological indices in the giant clam Tridacna maxima and the reef fish Epinephelus merra from the French Polynesian Moorea Island, Métais, Isabelle; Ekouma, Elsa Mengue; Ngpan, Romina; Planes, Serge; Mouneyrac, Catherine , 2012
  2. Characterization of thirteen new polymorphic microsatellite markers from the honeycomb grouperEpinephelus merra, Delphine Muths; Jérôme Bourjea, 2011
  3. Sexually Dimorphic Expression of Gonadotropin Subunits in the Pituitary of Protogynous Honeycomb Grouper (Epinephelus merra): Evidence That Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Induces Gonadal Sex Change, Kobayashi, Y.; Alam, M. A.; Horiguchi, R.; Shimizu, A.; Nakamura, M. , 2010
  4. Determination of sex and gonadal maturity in the honeycomb grouper,Epinephelus merra, through biopsy, Mohammad Ashraful Alam; Masaru Nakamura, 2008
  5. Molecular cloning and quantitative expression of sexually dimorphic markers Dmrt1 and Foxl2 during female-to-male sex change in Epinephelus merra, Mohammad Ashraful Alam; Yasuhisa Kobayashi; Ryo Horiguchi; Toshiaki Hirai; Masaru Nakamura, 2008
  6. Induction of Female-to–male Sex Change in the Honeycomb Grouper (Epinephelus merra) by 11-ketotestosterone Treatments, Bhandari, Ramji Kumar; Alam, Mohammad Ashraful; Soyano, Kiyoshi; Nakamura, Masaru , 2006
  7. Immunohistochemical evidence identifying the site of androgen production in the ovary of the protogynous grouperEpinephelus merra, Mohammad Ashraful Alam; Hiroki Komuro; Ramji Kumar Bhandari; Shigeo Nakamura; Kiyoshi Soyano; Masaru Nakamura, 2005
  8. Sex Inversion of Sexually Immature Honeycomb Grouper (Epinephelus merra) by Aromatase Inhibitor, Bhandari, Ramji Kumar; Komuro, Hiroki; Higa, Mikihiko; Nakamura, Masaru, 2004
  9. Lunar-related spawning in honeycomb grouper,Epinephelus merra, K. Soyano; T. Masumoto; H. Tanaka; M. Takushima; M. Nakamura, 2003
  10. Treatment with an aromatase inhibitor induces complete sex change in the protogynous honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra), Ramji K. Bhandari; Mikihiko Higa; Hiroki Komuro; Shigeo Nakamura; Masaru Nakamura, 2003
  11. Gonadal Restructuring and Correlative Steroid Hormone Profiles during Natural Sex Change in Protogynous Honeycomb Grouper (Epinephelus merra), Bhandari, Ramji Kumar; Komuro, Hiroki; Nakamura, Shigeo; Higa, Mikihiko; Nakamura, Masaru , 2003
  12. Histological observations of seasonal reproductive and lunar-related spawning cycles in the female honeycomb grouper Epinephelus merra in Okinawan waters, YOUNG Don LEE; SUNG Ho PARK; AKIHIRO TAKEMURA; KAZUNORI TAKANO, 2002
  13. Patterns of species diversity in the gastrointestinal helminths of a coral reef fish, Epinephelus merra (Serranidae), from French Polynesia and the South Pacific Ocean, Rigby, Mark C.; Holmes, John C.; Cribb, Thomas H.; Morand, Serge , 1997
  14. Parasites of Coral Reef Fish Recruits, Epinephelus merra (Serranidae), in French Polynesia, Mark C. Rigby and Vincent Dufour, 1996

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Copyright Anders Poulsen, colours.dk
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Copyright Dr. Paddy Ryan
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Honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra), Malediven 2016
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Copyright Dr. J. E. Randall, Foto: Fanning Island, Kiribati
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© David C. Cook, Wonga Beach, Australia
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Epinephelus spilotoceps; Malediven; Eriyadu
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Epinephelus merra; Malediven, Vilamendhoo
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Foto: La Réunion, Westlicher Indischer Ozean
22. Oktober 2020
Merra- Wabenbarsch(Epinephelus merra)

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