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RFE Page 2 - Hazard, Market, Geographic and Nomenclature Information for Coney (Grouper; Epinephelus fulva)

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Nomenclature Table

RFE LinkFDA - SL Market Name
FDA - SL Common Name
FDA - SL Scientific Name
RFE 2 Letter Code
RFE 8 Letter Code		FDA - SL Vernacular NamesAFS Common Name
AFS Scientific Name
AFS Other Names
AFS Synonyms		FAO Scientific Name
FAO Species Code
FAO Common Name English
FAO Common Name French
FAO Common Name Spanish		FAO Synonyms






ConeyFDA-SL Market Name: Grouper
FDA-SL Common Name: Coney
FDA-SL Sci. Name: Epinephelus fulva
FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: cy
FDA RFE 8 Letter code: cephfulv









AFS Common Name: Coney
AFS Sci. Name: Epinnephelus fulvus (Linneaus, 1758)
AFS Other Names:   N.A.

AFS Synonyms:   N.A.		FAO Sci. Name: Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758)
FAO Species Code: SERRAN Cephal 5
FAO Common English: Coney
FAO Common French: Coné ouatalibi
FAO Common Spanish: Cherna cabrilla		FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Labrus fulvus Linnaeus, 1758:287 (type locality: America, after Catesby).

FAO Synonyms: Perca punctata Linnaeus, 1758:291 (type locality: America, after Catesby).
Holocentrus auratus Bloch, 1790:75 (type locality given erroneously as 'East Indies").
Bodianus guativere Bloch and Schneider, 1801:336 (type locality: Cuba, after Parra).
Gymnocephalus ruber Bloch and Schneider, 1801:346, pl. 67 (after Marcgrave, type locality: problably Brazil).
Serranus ouatalibi Valenciennes in Cuv. and Val., 1828:381 (type locality: West Indies).
Serranus carauna Valenciennes in Cuv. and Val., 1828:384 (after Marcgrave, type locality: probably Brazil).

Geographic Distribution Table

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Fish ImageConey
Epinephelus fulva
Grouper		ATropical and subtropical western Atlantic from Bermuda and South Carolina to southern Brazil, including Atol das Rocas (Fig. 84).
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