- Camouflage grouper
Taxobox
name = Camouflage grouper
status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Perciformes
familia =Serranidae
genus = "Epinephelus "
species = "E. polyphekadion"
binomial = "Epinephelus polyphekadion"
binomial_authority = (Bleeker, 1849)
synonyms = The camouflage grouper ("Epinephelus polyphekadion") is a species offish in theSerranidae family. It is found inAmerican Samoa ,Australia ,British Indian Ocean Territory ,Cocos (Keeling) Islands ,Djibouti ,Egypt ,Fiji ,French Polynesia ,Guam ,Hong Kong ,India ,Indonesia ,Israel ,Japan ,Jordan ,Kiribati ,Madagascar ,Maldives ,Marshall Islands ,Micronesia ,Mozambique ,New Caledonia ,Northern Mariana Islands ,Palau ,Papua New Guinea , thePhilippines ,Samoa ,Saudi Arabia ,Seychelles , theSolomon Islands ,Somalia ,Sudan ,Taiwan ,Tanzania ,Tonga ,Tuvalu ,United States Minor Outlying Islands , andVanuatu . Its naturalhabitat s are opensea s, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds,coral reef s, rocky shores, and coastal salinelagoon s. It is threatened byhabitat loss .ource
* Russell, B., Situ, A. & Cornish, A. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/61339/all Epinephelus polyphekadion] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on
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