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Epinephelidae
barber
Paranthias furcifer
Carp among Coral Branches
barber is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 30 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Paranthias
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Ascension Island and Gulf of Guinea islands of Principe, São Tomé, and Annobon. Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Campeche Bank, and throughout the Caribbean (except in northern Bahamas) to Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

