Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe 1834)

Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Santos, Bruna S., Semedo, Thiago B. F., Garcia, Lucas Canes & Moreira, Cristiano Rangel, 2023, The fish collection of José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742 - 1811) and the beginning of ichthyological research in Brazil, with a taxonomic description of the extant specimens, Zootaxa 5391 (1), pp. 1-85 : 55-56

Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe 1834)

Extant specimens: MCUC ZOO.0000040 ( Fig. 41 ).

Classification on the specimen: “P. Th. Perca glabra ”.

Common names on the specimen (Portuguese/Tupi): “Badejo”/ None.

Comments: See comments on Epinephelus morio . This species was undescribed at the time Veloso prepared it. Epinephelus marginatus is found in the southwestern Atlantic from Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil) to Argentina ( Figueiredo & Menezes 1980) , in the eastern Atlantic from United Kingdom to Angola and Mediterranean Sea, and in the western Indian from South Africa to Madagascar ( Heemstra & Anderson 2016). This species is considered a threatened species in Brazil (IUCN category “Vulnerable”; ICMBIO 2018).

Figures

FIGURE 41. Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe 1834), MCUC ZOO.0000040, 255 mm SL. Photo by Luis M. P. Ceríaco.