Species FAO code: EEU

Epinephelus guttatus

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Conservation measures
Marketing standards
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de Zackenbarsch	–
France	fr mérou couronné	–
Germany	de Zackenbarsch	–
Portugal	pt Garoupa	–
Slovenia	sl kirnje	–
Sweden	sv Röd prickig grouper	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

List item: Pots and traps

Pots and traps

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Epinephelus guttatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Minimum conservation reference sizes

As defined in art. 8 of Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015, which admends article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013, where minimum conservation reference sizes are established, they shall constitute minimum marketing sizes. More

Minimum conservation reference size

≥ 45.0 cmTotal length (TL)

Fishing areas

37.1 Western Mediterranean
37.2 Central Mediterranean
37.3 Eastern Mediterranean

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Epinephelus guttatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scientific name

Epinephelus guttatus

Author

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

FAO code

EEU

Morphological description

Scales cycloid except for a ctenoid patch of variable size in the pectoral region. Greenish gray to light brown on the back grading to white ventrally, with numerous well-spaced dull orange-red to brown spots on the head, body and fins. Five faint diagonal bars formed by darker spots on the sides. No saddle-shaped blotch on caudal peduncle or along base of dorsal fin (Ref. 26938); further characterized by having body depth contained 2.7-3.1 times in standard length; head length 2.3-2.4 times in standard length; evenly serrate preopercle, without salient angle; posterior nostril larger than anterior nostril (Ref. 89707).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilySerranidae
    - GenusEpinephelus
      - SpeciesEpinephelus guttatus

Synonyms

Serranus maculosus Valenciennes, 1828
Serranus stathouderi Vaillant & Bocourt, 1878
Perca guttata Linnaeus, 1758
Serranus catus Valenciennes, 1828
Serranus arara Valenciennes, 1828
Epinephelus cubanus Poey, 1865
Holocentrus punctatus Bloch, 1790

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Epinephelus guttatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Epinephelus guttatus

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Pots and traps

Minimum conservation reference sizes

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 31 - Atlantic, Western Central

Area 41 - Atlantic, Southwest