Epinephelus costae
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| Epinephelus costae | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Epinephelidae |
| Genus: | Epinephelus |
| Species: | E. costae |
| Binomial name | |
| Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878) | |
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Epinephelus costae, the gold-blotch grouper, is a marine ray-finned fish in the grouper family Epinephelidae. It occurs in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea,[1] where it can be found in shallow coastal waters.[2]
Color change
The gold-blotch grouper grows up 1.4 m SL.[1] The striped juveniles look strikingly different from adult fish, such that they were considered different species until 1882.[2]
Although adults typically exhibit the yellow blotch characteristic of this species, they can change color so that the yellow blotch disappears, the fish becoming instead marked by longitudinal stripes; these stripes are another characteristic trait of this species. The yellow blotch also tends to disappear after death.[2]
Habitat
The gold-blotch grouper can be found in shallow coastal waters, usually at depths of less than 80 m. However, it may venture to depths of up to 200 m.[2]
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