Species details : Epinephelus caninus (Valenciennes, 1843)

Accepted scientific name:
Epinephelus caninus (Valenciennes, 1843) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Epinephelus caninus  (Valenciennes, 1843)
Synonyms:
Cerna canina (Valenciennes, 1843) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Cerna canina (Valenciennes, 1843)
Serranus caninus Valenciennes, 1843 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Serranus caninus Valenciennes, 1843
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Orfóvlakhos - - Greece(Symia, Dodecanese) Click here to show the literature
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Kern i hirte - Albanian Albania Click here to show the literature
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Khanzirah beida - Arabic Libya Click here to show the literature
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لُؤز أسنان الكلب أو لُؤز رمادي - Arabic - Click here to show the literature
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ﺀﺎﻀﻴﺑ ﻩﺮﻳﺰﻨﺧ - Arabic Libya Click here to show the literature
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Meró déntol - Catalan Spain(Catalunya) Click here to show the literature
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Grå havaborre - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Dogtooth grouper - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Merou gris - French France Click here to show the literature
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Merou gris - French Senegal Click here to show the literature
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Mérou noir - French - Click here to show the literature
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Mérou noir - French Benin Click here to show the literature
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Mérou noir - French Cameroon Click here to show the literature
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Mérou noir - French Congo Click here to show the literature
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Mérou noir - French Côte d'Ivoire Click here to show the literature
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Mérou noir - French France Click here to show the literature
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Mérou noir - French Gabon Click here to show the literature
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Mérou noir - French Mauritania Click here to show the literature
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Mérou noir - French Togo Click here to show the literature
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Mérou noir - French Tunisia Click here to show the literature
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Cernia nera - Italian Italy Click here to show the literature
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Cirenga - Italian Italy(Messina and Palermo.) Click here to show the literature
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Cirenga 'mperiali - Italian Italy(Palermo.) Click here to show the literature
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Cirenga i funnu - Italian Italy(Palermo.) Click here to show the literature
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Cirenga vranga - Italian Italy(Palermo.) Click here to show the literature
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Tincuni - Italian Italy(Calabria and Messina.) Click here to show the literature
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Tincuni di petri - Italian Italy(Catania.) Click here to show the literature
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Tincuni di scogghi - Italian Italy(Catania.) Click here to show the literature
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Dott abjad - Maltese Malta Click here to show the literature
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Dott iswed - Maltese Malta Click here to show the literature
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犬牙石斑魚 Cyuan ya shih ban yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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犬牙石斑鱼 - Mandarin Chinese - Click here to show the literature
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犬牙石斑鱼 Quan ya shi ban yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Rofós - Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Vlachosfyrida - Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Vlákhos - Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Βλάχος Vlachos Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Βλαχοσφυρίδα Vlachosfyrida Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Ροφός Rofos Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Σφυρίδα Sfyrida Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Mero-gigante - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Cachorro - Spanish Spain(Canaries) Click here to show the literature
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Cherne dentón - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Cherne ley - Spanish Spain(Canaries) Click here to show the literature
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Mero - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Mero dentón - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Grå havsabborre - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Ruur - Wolof Senegal Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Serranidae FishBase
Genus Epinephelus FishBase
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Angola, including the Mediterranean.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=9217
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd87476a-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401