New distributional record of oblique-banded grouper, Epinephelus radiatus (Day, 1868) from the St. Martin Island, Bangladesh

Groupers are mostly found in the reef-associated marine habitat, of which some are pelagic and others are demersal. Recently, a grouper species called Oblique-banded grouper, Epinephelus radiatus (Day, 1868) was newly reported while conducting research work on the availability of reef-associated fis...

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Published in:Aquatic Research
Main Authors: Hanıf, Md Abu, Sharker, Md. Rajib, Hossen, Shaharior, Bipu, Moniruzzaman
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nuray ERKAN ÖZDEN 2020
Subjects:
First record;Grouper;Coral reef;St. Martin Island;Epinephelus radiatus
Hydrobiology
Hidrobiyoloji
Martin Island
Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/aquatres/issue/59415/768327
https://doi.org/10.3153/AR21011
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Summary:Groupers are mostly found in the reef-associated marine habitat, of which some are pelagic and others are demersal. Recently, a grouper species called Oblique-banded grouper, Epinephelus radiatus (Day, 1868) was newly reported while conducting research work on the availability of reef-associated fishes in St. Martin Island. This species had never been reported to occur not only from this coral reef area but also from the water area of Bangladesh. E. radiatus was easily identified following morphological traits, especially color pattern. The findings of the present study added new distributional range for this grouper species from Bangladeshi water.

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