Marbled Grouper Dermatolepis inermis

Classification

Serranidae [family]

Dermatolepis [genus] (1)

Serranidae [family]

Dermatolepis [genus] (1)

Recorded on	Aruba
	Bonaire
	Curaçao
	Sint Eustatius
	Sint Maarten

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Aruba
	Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten

Notes on presence status	Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Saba

MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.
Nagelkerken, W.P. 1981. The groupers and snappers of the snappers of the Netherlands Antilles. 71. Natuurwetenschappelijke studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen, Utrecht.
Pattengill-Semmens, C.V. 2010. The reef fish assemblage of Bonaire Marine Park: an analysis of REEF Fish Survey Data. Proceedings 53rd Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 53: 591-605.
Anderson, C.L., Tassell, J.L. van, Brown, B., Robertson, D.R., Piontek, S., Hoetjes, P.C., Sparks, J.S., Kramer, A. & Buurt, G. van 2006. Preliminary list of fishes from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute expedition to Curaçao with comparison to previously formulated lists. [link]