Aporops

Blotched podge

Blotched podge

Species of fish

The blotched podge (Aporops bilinearis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, related to the groupers and classified within the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae. It is found in shallow water in reefs and it is a solitary and rather cryptic species.[2] It is found at depths between 1 and 35 metres (3.3 and 114.8 ft) from the eastern coast of Africa through the Indian Ocean east into the Pacific Ocean where its range extends as far as Johnston Atoll, Hawaii, the Line Islands and the Marquesas Islands, north to Japan and south to Australia.[1] It is the only species in the genus Aporopos.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Williams, J.T.; Carpenter, K.E.; Lawrence, A.; Myers, R. (2016). "Aporops bilinearis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69584035A69592252. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69584035A69592252.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Aporops bilinearis" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. [3]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Aporopos Species of 'Aporopos' in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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