Aethaloperca rogaa
Redmouth Grouper
©Anne Hoggett: Aethaloperca rogaa in a cavern on the reef slope between Bird and South island, Lizard Island Group.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Serranidae
Genus
Aethaloperca
Species
Aethaloperca rogaa
Status
insufficient data to assess
Colours
Distinguishing features
Dark brownish grey, scales with pale centres; inside of mouth red.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Local abundance
- Lizard Island: Apparently very rare but possibly just very cryptic. Prior to the specimen photographed here, there were only two records from the area: one from explosive sampling in the lagoon between Bird and South Islands in 1975 and the other from an AIMS BRUV sighting near the outer reefs in 2003. (ALA accessed 2 Dec 2017)
Web resources
References
- Kerry, J.T. and D.R. Bellwood (2017). Environmental drivers of sheltering behaviour in large reef fishes. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 125: 254-259. LIRS catalog number 2183.
- Pears, R.J. (2005). Comparative demography and assemblage structure of serranid fishes: implications for conservation and fisheries management, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 968.