Humpback grouper, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 38 relations: Achille Valenciennes, Actinopterygii, Ambush predator, Anthiinae, Aquaculture, Australia, Crustacean, Data deficient, Demersal zone, English people, Family (biology), Fish, FishBase, French people, Grouper, Indo-Pacific, Invasive species, Java, Marine aquarium, Monotypic taxon, Natural history, Pacific Ocean, Pieter Bleeker, Pterois, Queensland, Sequential hermaphroditism, Serranidae, South Florida, Southeast Asia, Spearfishing, Species, Species description, Subfamily, Tropics, Type (biology), Western Australia, William John Swainson, Zoology.

2. Epinephelini

Achille Valenciennes

Achille Valenciennes (9 August 1794 – 13 April 1865) was a French zoologist.

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Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.

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Ambush predator

Ambush predators or sit-and-wait predators are carnivorous animals that capture their prey via stealth, luring or by (typically instinctive) strategies utilizing an element of surprise.

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Anthiinae

Anthias are members of the family Serranidae and make up the subfamily Anthiinae.

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Aquaculture

Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. lotus).

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Crustacean

Crustaceans are a group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea, a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, opossum shrimps, amphipods and mantis shrimp.

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Data deficient

A data deficient (DD) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as offering insufficient information for a proper assessment of conservation status to be made.

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Demersal zone

The demersal zone is the part of the sea or ocean (or deep lake) consisting of the part of the water column near to (and significantly affected by) the seabed and the benthos.

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English people

The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language, a West Germanic language, and share a common ancestry, history, and culture.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Fish

A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.

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FishBase

FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish).

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French people

The French people (lit) are a nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France.

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Grouper

Groupers are fish of any of a number of genera in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae, in the order Perciformes.

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Indo-Pacific

The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.

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Invasive species

An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment.

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Java

Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia.

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Marine aquarium

A marine aquarium is an aquarium that keeps marine plants and animals in a contained environment.

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Monotypic taxon

In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.

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Natural history

Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Pieter Bleeker

Pieter Bleeker (10 July 1819 – 24 January 1878) was a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.

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Pterois

Pterois is a genus of venomous marine fish, commonly known as lionfish, native to the Indo-Pacific.

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Queensland

Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.

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Sequential hermaphroditism

Sequential hermaphroditism (called dichogamy in botany) is one of the two types of hermaphroditism, the other type being simultaneous hermaphroditism.

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Serranidae

Serranidae is a large family of fishes belonging to the order Perciformes.

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South Florida

South Florida, sometimes colloquially shortened to SoFlo, is the southernmost region of the U.S. state of Florida.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Spearfishing

Spearfishing is fishing using handheld elongated, sharp-pointed tools such as a spear, gig, or harpoon, to impale the fish in the body.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Species description

A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication.

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Subfamily

In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus.

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Tropics

The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator.

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Type (biology)

In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally associated.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of the Australian continent.

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William John Swainson

William John Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist, and artist.

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Zoology

ZoologyThe pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon.

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See also

Epinephelini

• Alphestes
• Alphestes immaculatus
• Cephalopholis
• Dermatolepis
• Epinephelini
• Epinephelus
• Golden grouper
• Humpback grouper
• Hyporthodus
• Masked grouper
• Mycteroperca
• Oval grouper
• Paranthias
• Plectropomus
• Redmouth grouper
• Slender grouper
• Spanish flag (fish)
• Variola (fish)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpback_grouper

Also known as Barramundi Cod, Chromileptes, Chromileptes altivelis, Cromileptes, Cromileptes altivelis, Panther Grouper, Pantherfish.