Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Perciformes > Family Serranidae > Subfamily Epinephelinae > Genus Epinephelus

Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Epinephelus*	Bloch, 1793	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: anfós bord; anfós llis; mero ratllat sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Croatian: kirnja zlatica

English: goldblotch grouper sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Goldblotch Grouper sources: english PESI focal point

French: badèche; mérou badèche sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: gestreifter Zackenbarsch; Spitzkopf-Zackenbarsch sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: stira sources: Fishbase

Israel (Hebrew): דקר אלכסנדרוני sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: cernia dorata sources: Fishbase

Polish: granik smugowy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: александрийский мероу sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: falso abadejo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: altın benekli lahoz; kara lahoz

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (38 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127034