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=Anyperodon Leucogrammicus =

Slender Grouper


Migration patters:** non-migratory
 * Class**: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
 * Order**:Perciformes (perch-likes)
 * Family**:Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
 * Year Assesed**: 2008
 * Justification**: Anyperodon Leucogrammicus is listed as Least Concern on the basis of very wide range and no evidence for significant decline. Currently very little information is available for this species' biology and fisheries.
 * Latitude and Longitude:** 32°N - 24°S Latitude, 32°E - 171°W Longitude
 * Location:** Anyperodon leucogrammicus is reef oriented that inhabits 5 to 80 m of coral rich areas and clear waters. It is also located in parts of the Red Sea and the Eastern and Western part of the Indian and the western part of the Pacific Ocean.Neckton.
 * Physical Habitat: Tide in these locations range from 0.2m - 0.9m based on which ocean and which part the slender grouper lives in. These regions contain temporal and spatial currents. These currents can have speeds of about 50-60 cm/s. Some geologic processes, for example, in the Red Sea are sea floor spreading due to tectonic plates, which is how this sea was created. Due to a high rate of evaporation, the salinity in this sea is 4% greater than the world average. The temperature is on average between 21-25 degrees Celsius.
 * Population estimate:** There is no evidence of decline, but there is insufficient data concerning this species. They have a very low r esilience with the estimated minimum population doubling time 5 - 14 years.
 * Increase or Decrease:** unknown, not enough data
 * Appearance:** background color is white, two thick darker stripes along the dorsal side, many orange dots body. Babys have alternating blue and red stripes, maximum 65.0 cm.
 * Reproduction:** External fertilization**,** open water egg scatters, no parental care.
 * Animal Anatomy:**
 * **enlarged teeth in the upper jaw**
 * **reduced number of fixed teeth in the lower jaw**
 * **false ribs or "pin bones" extending more or less horizontally into the muscle tissue**
 * **protruding lower jaw**
 * **rounded margins on both the dorsal and anal fins**
 * **powerful gill muscles**
 * **scaley**

1.** Slow commercial fishing and find a way to stop bycatch.
 * Food Chain/ Web:** habitually eat fish, octopus, crab and lobster. They lie in wait, rather than chasing in open water.
 * Economic importance:** Commercial fishery, gamefish
 * Threats**: overfishing,not targeted for commercial fishing ,Global warming affects the abundance.
 * Conservation Effort:** Anyperodon Leucogrammicus can be found in protected areas such as Palau, Malaysia, Philippines, Pohnpei, East Africa, Kenya, and Australia. However, it is not in grave need for protection because it is not targeted.
 * Solutions:
 * 2.** Keep a certain amount of the species in captivity and protection.
 * 3.** Although this animal is not in desperate need of help, another solution to help it could be to tag and research them more.

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/132787/0 http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20o?search=Anyperodon+leucogrammicus http://marinebio.org/Oceans/CurrentsandTides.asp http://tides.info/?command=view&location=Western+Pacific+Ocean
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