Taxonomic Remarks
Type locality: Cook Islands.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 140 - 367 m (Ref. 4787). Deep-water; 29°N - 23°S, 111°E - 140°W (Ref. 5222)
Pacific Ocean: western Pacific to French Polynesia. Reported as Epinephelus truncatus from French Polynesia by Bagnis et al. (1972, Ref. 4821).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5222)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 8.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
Inhabits deep waters on rocky substrata. One of the most common deepwater groupers caught with handlines at the Marianas.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p. (Ref. 5222)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: muy comercial; pesca deportiva: si
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 13.2 - 21.4, mean 15.9 °C (based on 69 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00647 - 0.01946), b=3.06 (2.92 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.9 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 8.69 [4.02, 20.19] mg/100g; Iron = 0.21 [0.10, 0.47] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [16.3, 19.8] %; Omega3 = 0.258 [0.135, 0.496] g/100g; Selenium = 9.32 [3.59, 23.19] μg/100g; VitaminA = 55.9 [9.8, 307.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.408 [0.247, 0.641] mg/100g (wet weight);