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Epinephelidae
rock hind
Epinephelus adscensionis
Epinephelid Fish of the Caribbean Sea
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
Largerock hind is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Epinephelus
- Maximum length
- 65 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean and southern Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Ascension and St. Helena islands; dubious records from the Canary Islands, Cape Verde and South Africa (Ref. 1496 , 1953 , 6572 ) are discussed by Heemstra (Ref. 6512 ). Also recorded from eastern Atlantic from Sao Tome in the Gulf of Guinea and from the Azores (Portugal) (Ref. 089707 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
