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The orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides), also known as the brown-spotted rockcod, estuary cod, estuary rockcod, goldspotted rockcod, greasy cod, North-west groper, orange spotted cod or blue-and-yellow grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses.
Epinephelus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae, ... Epinephelus coioides (F. Hamilton, 1822) (orange-spotted grouper)
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The name "hamour" or "hammour" (Arabic: هَامُّوْر, romanized: hāmmūr) [1] is used to describe a number of fish, mainly the goldspotted rockcod (Epinephelus coioides) and brown spotted reef cod (Epinephelus chlorostigma). At the same time, it is the name given to a variety of closely related fish species in the Persian Gulf.
Epinephelus elongatus Schultz, 1953 Epinephelus chewa Morgans , 1966 The greasy grouper ( Epinephelus tauvina ), also known as the Arabian grouper or greasy rockcod , is an Indo-Pacific fish species of economic importance belonging to the family Serranidae .
The largest is the Atlantic goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) which has been weighed at 399 kilograms (880 pounds) and a length of 2.43 m (7 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), [2] though in such a large group, species vary considerably. They swallow prey rather than biting pieces off of them.
Information is available for the life-cycle of Pseudorhabdosynochus lantauensis, a parasite of the orange-spotted grouper Epinephelus coioides, at a temperature of 30 °C. [15] The adult lays 10-22 eggs/day. The eggs hatch within 2–4 days. The oncomiracidium is viable for 4-8 h and should find a host within this delay.
The orange-spotted grouper Epinephelus coioides, the host of Pseudorhabdosynochus coioidesis. The hosts of Pseudorhabdosynochus coioidesis are the groupers Epinephelus coioides (type-host) and Epinephelus aerolatus. [1] The localities are Penang, Kedah, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Medan, Indonesia. [1]