Browsing Panay News by Scientific Name "Epinephelus lanceolatus"

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    • Profiles in Science: Peter Palma and the Case of Serendipity 

      Pagador, Juliana Rose (Panay News, December 30, 2020, on page 13)
      Being a scientist was never part of his career plan, but this young researcher is already making waves in aquaculture research with his award-winning study on the giant grouper, a “threatened” fish locally known as lapu-lapu. ...

    • The story of Ivy, Lito: ‘Straight’ males do exist, may help save threatened lapu-lapu 

      Dianala, Rex D. (Panay News, December 7, 2019, on page B8)
      Will Ivy someday become Ivan? Researchers have been monitoring Ivy since 2015 to gain a better understanding of how her gender as a giant grouper or lapu-lapu might change over the years. There is no record of Ivy’s exact ...

    • Stray fish 

      (Panay News, July 9, 2015, on page 2)
      Children poke a giant grouper that was washed ashore in Barangay Taboc, Libertad, Antique on Tuesday, July 7. Locally known as pugaro or kugtong, the giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) weighed 176 kilograms ad measured ...