Gracila albomarginata Masked grouper

Gracila albomarginatais commonly referred to as Masked grouper. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 5000 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:: 3331
AphiaID:: 218255

Scientific:: Gracila albomarginata
German:: Fenster-Zackenbarsch
English:: Masked Grouper

Category:: Groupers

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Gracila (Genus) > albomarginata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Fowler & Bean, ), 1930

Occurrence:: Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan
Size:: up to 15.75" (40 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Schrimps
Tank:: 1099.89 gal (~ 5000L)
Difficulty:: Not for beginners

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Gracila albomarginata
Fenster-Zackenbarsch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2010-09-19 13:43:35
Last edit:: 2010-09-19 13:43:35

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(Fowler & Bean, 1930)

An active swimmer usually found on outer reef slopes and channels adjacent to deep water. Hovers above the bottom and probably feeds primarily on fishes

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Synonyms:
Aethaloperca albomarginata (Fowler & Bean, 1930)
Cephalopholis albomarginatus Fowler & Bean, 1930
Epinephelus albomarginatus (Fowler & Bean, 1930)
Gracilia albomarginata (Fowler & Bean, 1930)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Epinephelinae (Subfamily) > Gracila (Genus)

Scientific paper

Redescription of Gracila albomarginata (Fowler and Bean) and Cephalopholis polleni (Bleeker) with Comments on the Generic Limits of Selected Indo-Pacific Groupers (Pisces: Serranidae: Epinephelinae), William F. Smith-Vaniz, G. David Johnson and John E. Randall, 1988

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Adult

Copyright J. E. Randall, Foto von den Malediven

Copyright J. E. Randall, Foto aus Malaysia

Juvenile

Copyright J. E. Randall, Foto aus Indonesien, juveniles Tier

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