Fish of the Epinephelus genus of the Epinephelinae (groupers) subfamily of the Serranidae family of the superfamily Percoidea of the Percoidei suborder of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Dusky grouper. Photo © dic.academic.ru)
Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) was first described in 1834 by the British priest and naturalist Richard Thomas Lowe (1802-1874).
It inhabits the depth of 8-300 meters, usually up to 50 meters. It prefers to swim close to a rocky bottom. It is a solitary species. The maximum recorded length is 150 cm. The maximum weight is over 60 kilograms. It feeds on fish, crabs and octopuses.
(Dusky grouper. Photo by © Raimundo Fernandez. flickr.com/photos/rferdiez)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
It is put on the IUCN Red List as a vulnerable species (VU).
Names of dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) in other languages as follows:
Kerni i errët (Albanian), Tandbaars (Dutch), Ροφός (Rophós) (Greek), Mero moreno (Spanish), Cernia bruna (Italian), Brauner Zackenbarsch (German), Granik wielki (Polish), Garoupa verdadeira (Portuguese), Epinefel gigant (Romanian), Бурый групер (Buryj gruper) (Russian), Kernja, Kernja golema, Kirnja (Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian), Orfoz balığı (Turkish), Mérou noir (French), Kanic gauza (Czech).