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Groupers are perciform teleost fishes, of the family Serranidae. They are found in tropical Atlantic and Mediterranean regions, where they occur typically on the continental shelf and are fished commercially by line-fishing and trawling.
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Bruslé, J., Bruslé, S. (1975). Ovarian and Testicular Intersexuality in Two Protogynous Mediterranean Groupers, Epinephelus aeneus and Epinephelus guaza . In: Reinboth, R. (eds) Intersexuality in the Animal Kingdom. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66069-6_21
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