Published September 30, 2003 | Version v1
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Epinephelus goreensis

Description

Epinephelus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830)

Reference material. Accra, April (?) 1930 (Irvine 43)— BMNH 1930.8.26.23 (one: 270 mm SL); Prampram, May 1930 (Irvine 83); Accra, July 1938 (Irvine 284)— BMNH 1938.12.15.9 (specimen not found in BMNH collections).

Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Senegal to Angola as well as Canary and Cape Verde Islands (Heemstra, 1991).

Notes

Published as part of Edwards, A. J., Gill, A. C. & Abohweyere, P. O., 2003, A revision of F. R. Irvine's Ghanaian marine fishes in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London, pp. 2213-2267 in Journal of Natural History 37 (18) on page 2235, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359

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Collection code
BMNH
Family
Serranidae
Genus
Epinephelus
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
BMNH 1930.8, BMNH 1938.12
Order
Perciformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Valenciennes
Species
goreensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Epinephelus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830) sec. Edwards, Gill & Abohweyere, 2003