Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni), Dusky Grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) Painting
1. Tylosurus giganteus (Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus)
2. Hypomesus japonicus
3. Heniochus macrolepidotus
4. Glyphidodon trifasciatus (Amblyglyphidodon curacao)
5. Amphiprion frenatus
6. Heterodontus philippi ( Heterodontus portusjacksoni )
7. Epinephelus urodelus (Cephalopholis urodeta)
8. Julis quadricolor (Thalassoma purpureum)
9. Monocentris japonica
10. Epinephelus marginatus
Date 1902
Source New International Encyclopedia
Author Dodd, Mead and Company
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6. Heterodontus philippi ( Heterodontus portusjacksoni )
Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni) is a species of shark that is native to the southern half of Australia. It is an epibenthic, oviparous shark that is frequently caught as bycatch in the south-eastern and eastern scale-fish and shark fisheries. The shark has a large, blunt head with prominent forehead ridges and dark brown harness-like markings on a lighter grey-brown body, and can grow up to 1.65 m long. It feeds on hard-shelled mollusks, crustaceans, sea urchins, and fish. The Port Jackson shark is a migratory species, traveling south in the summer and returning north to breed in the winter. The species is believed to have originated somewhere off the coast of South Africa. The shark’s territory is habitually on or near the sea bottom, which is also its feeding area. Rocky environments are the most common habitat, though sandy and muddy ones, as well as seagrass beds, are sometimes used. The shark is easy to identify due to the pattern of harness-like markings that cross the eyes, run along the back to the first dorsal fin, then cross the side of the body, in addition to the spine in front of both dorsal fins.
Order: Heterodontiformes
Family: Heterodontidae
Genus: Heterodontus
Species: Heterodontus portusjacksoni
10. Epinephelus marginatus
Epinephelus marginatus, the dusky grouper, yellowbelly rock cod or yellowbelly grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. This species is the best known grouper species of the Mediterranean Sea and North Africa coast.
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Epinephelinae
Species: Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)
Synonyms
- Serranus marginatus Lowe, 1834
- Perca gigas Brünnich, 1768
- Cerna gigas (Brünnich, 1768)
- Epinephelus gigas (Brünnich, 1768)
- Holocentrus gigas (Brünnich, 1768)
- Serranus gigas (Brünnich, 1768)
- Serranus fimbriatus Lowe, 1838
- Serranus aspersus Jenyns, 1840
- Cernua gigas Costa, 1849
- Serranus cernioides de Brito Capello, 1867
- Epinephelus brachysoma Cope, 1871