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Epinephelus lanceolatus, Giant grouper
Subject: Epinephelus lanceolatus, Giant grouper
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Serranus lanceolatus Ford 4 - Epinephelus lanceolatus, Giant grouper.jpg
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Epinephelus lanceolatus, Giant grouper


Description
The species names / identity need verification. The original plates showed the fishes facing right and have have been flipped here. Serranus lanceolatus
Date 1878
Source Day, Francis (1878) The Fishes of India. Volume 2. https://archive.org/stream/fishesofindiabei02dayf#page/n5/mode/2up
Author George Henry Ford (1809–1876) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henry_Ford
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Serranus_lanceolatus_Ford_4.jpg

The giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus), also known as the brindlebass, brown spotted cod, or bumblebee grouper, and as the Queensland grouper in Australia, is the largest bony fish found in coral reefs, and the aquatic emblem of Queensland.

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Scientific Name: Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790)
Synonyms: Promicrops lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790)
Common Names:
English – Giant Grouper, Queensland Groper, Brindle Bass, Brindled Grouper
French – Mérou Lancéolé
Spanish – Mero Lanceolade

Day grouper
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