Hyporthodus niphobles

Hyporthodus niphobles (Gilbert & Starks, 1897). Snowy Grouper or Star-studded Grouper. To 121 cm (47.6 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2008). Near Bixby Bridge (about 36°22’N, 121°54’W), central California (Burton and Lea 2019) to Islas Lobos de Afuera, Peru (Chirichigno 1974), including Gulf of Cal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W., Maslenikov, Katherine P.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Serranidae
Hyporthodus
Hyporthodus niphobles
Yukon
Burton
Milton
Lobos
Acosta
Afuera
De Afuera
Beaufort Sea
Alaska
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5605690
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5605690
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Summary:Hyporthodus niphobles (Gilbert & Starks, 1897). Snowy Grouper or Star-studded Grouper. To 121 cm (47.6 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2008). Near Bixby Bridge (about 36°22’N, 121°54’W), central California (Burton and Lea 2019) to Islas Lobos de Afuera, Peru (Chirichigno 1974), including Gulf of California (Heemstra in Fischer et al. 1995) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Depth: 1–450 m (3–1,476 ft) (min.: González-Acosta et al. 1999; max.: Thomson et al. 2000). Heemstra (in Fischer et al. 1995) notes that some previous authors have referred to this species as Epinephelus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828). Formerly Epinephelus niphobles (Gilbert & Starks, 1897). Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 146, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008

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