> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: Animals **Phylum**:: Chordata **Subphylum**:: [Vertebrata](Vertebrata.md) **Superclass**:: Osteichthyes **Class**:: Actinopterygii **Subclass**:: Neopterygii **Superorder**:: Acanthopterygii **Order**:: Perciformes **Suborder**:: Percoidei **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Serranidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Epinephelus **Species**:: E. marginatus **Vernacular**:: ## Photos ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1699803228/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-11-12%20-%20Les%20Rosiers/PB120284_dmard6.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1699803228/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-11-12%20-%20Les%20Rosiers/PB120284_dmard6.jpg) *[139 - 2023-11-12 - Les Rosiers - La Ciotat - France](139%20-%202023-11-12%20-%20Les%20Rosiers%20-%20La%20Ciotat%20-%20France.md) - There was a family of E. marginatus living on this site. It's common to see them laying on the benthos, commonly in little faults.* ## Notes They're sedentarian. So if you spot one on a site, there's a lot of chance that you'll see it again in the same area. ## References - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Epinephelus-marginatus-Merou-brun-474 - [Découvrir la vie sous-marine - Méditerranée - Steven Weinberg](Découvrir%20la%20vie%20sous-marine%20-%20Méditerranée%20-%20Steven%20Weinberg.md) p441-442