Meanings
plural epinephelins
- Any grouper of the subfamily Epinephelinae.
There are 23-24 (9-11 + 13-15) myomeres in epinephelins, and 30 in Niphon.
2000, Jeffrey Martin Leis, The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes
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