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Hyporthodus flavolimbatus (Poey, 1865)

Yellowedge grouper
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Epinephelidae (Groupers)
Etymology: More on author: Poey.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 90 - 360 m (Ref. 89707). Subtropical; 36°N - 28°S, 98°W - 34°W (Ref. 5222)

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Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.

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Maturity: Lm ?, range 58 - ? cm
Max length : 115 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5222); common length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217); max. published weight: 18.6 kg (Ref. 40637); max. reported age: 35 years (Ref. 36872)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Distinguished by the following characteristics: buff or greyish brown head and body, whitish ventrally; yellow margins of dorsal and pectoral fins, sometimes including anal and caudal fins; pale blue line from the eye to the angle of preopercle; depth of body less than head length, contained 2.7-2.9 times in SL; head length 2.4-2.6 times in SL; convex interorbital area; angular preopercle, serrae at the angle distinctly enlarged; eye diameter equal to or greater than interorbital width in fish less than 45 cm SL; posterior and anterior nostrils subequal in size (Ref. 89707).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

A solitary species (Ref. 26340) occurring in rocky areas and on sand mud bottom. On soft bottoms they are often seen in or near trenches or burrow-like excavations. Feeds on a wide variety of invertebrates (mainly brachyuran crabs) and fishes. Marketed fresh and considered good quality.

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Craig, M.T. and P.A. Hastings, 2007. A molecular phylogeny of the groupers of the subfamily Epinephelinae (Serranidae) with revised classification of the epinephelini. Ichthyol. Res. 54:1-17. (Ref. 83414)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Vulnerable (VU) (A2bd+4bd); Date assessed: 21 November 2016

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 14.8 - 23.6, mean 19.6 °C (based on 59 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01738 (0.00962 - 0.03139), b=3.05 (2.90 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.61 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.10; tmax=35).
Prior r = 0.25, 95% CL = 0.16 - 0.37, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High to very high vulnerability (75 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 38.8 [17.1, 74.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.782 [0.423, 1.466] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.7, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.369 [0.233, 0.616] g/100g; Selenium = 45.9 [24.7, 85.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.59 [2.99, 27.81] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.533 [0.386, 0.778] mg/100g (wet weight);