Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775)

Accepted

🗒 Synonyms

synonym	Cephalopholis tauvina (Forsskål, 1775)
synonym	Epinephalus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775)
synonym	Epinephelus chewa Morgans, 1966
synonym	Epinephelus elongatus Schultz, 1953
synonym	Epinephelus megachir (non Richardson, 1846)
synonym	Epinephelus salmoides (non Lacepède, 1802)
synonym	Holocentrus pantherinus Lacepède, 1802
synonym	Perca tauvina Forsskål, 1775
synonym	Serranus goldiei Macleay, 1882
synonym	Serranus jansenii Bleeker, 1857
synonym	Serranus pantherinus (Lacepède, 1802)

🗒 Common Names

Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian	Gaudarufana
English	Greasy Grouper Greasy Rockcod Speckled Rockcod
Gujarati	Salai Wekhali Wekhru વેખરુ વેખલી સલાઈ
Malayalam	Chammam Panni-kalava Panni Kalawa Poochachammam കലവ ചാമ്മാം പന്നി കലവ പന്നി ക്കലവ പൂച്ച ച്ചമ്മം പോചാചാമ്മാം
Marathi	Gobra Hekaru Hekru गोबरा हीकरू
Other	Gaudarufana
Tamil	Punni-calawah புள்ளிக் கலவா புன்னீ காலா
Telugu	Bontoo బొంతు

📚 Overview

Overview

Summary

Brief

Brackish, Marine

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).

Attributions	Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).
Contributors	Thomas Vattakaven
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY_NC
References

Diagnostic

Diagnostic Keys

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).

Attributions	Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).
Contributors	Thomas Vattakaven
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY_NC
References	Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall 1993 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p.

Description

Color of head and body pale greenish grey or brown with round dark spots that vary from dull orange-red to dark brown, centers darker than the edges. A large black blotch (or group of black spots) often visible on body at the base of last 4 dorsal-fin spines. Five sub vertical dark bars may be present on body. Dark spots on soft dorsal, caudal and anal fins of juveniles are so close that the pale interspaces form a white reticulum. 95-112 scales in longitudinal series. Scales on body ctenoid in juveniles, becoming cycloid in adults except the area beneath and posterior to pectoral fins. Pyloric caeca 16-18. Differs from E. corallicola and E. howlandi by its more elongate body and closer-set spots .

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).

Attributions	Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).
Contributors	Thomas Vattakaven
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY_NC
References	Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall 1993 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p.

SubSpecies Varieties Races

Diagnostic Keys

Description

No Data

📚 Nomenclature and Classification

Nomenclature and Classification

Taxon Record Name

References

Type Information

No Data

📚 Natural History

Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).

Attributions	Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).
Contributors	Thomas Vattakaven
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY_NC
References	Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.

Dispersal

Life Expectancy

Size

Max Length

213 NG (unsexed)

Size

75.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; )

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).

Attributions	Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).
Contributors	Thomas Vattakaven
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY_NC
References	Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall 1993 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p.

Inhabits coral reefs . Also in Ref. 9137.

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).

Attributions	Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).
Contributors	Thomas Vattakaven
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY_NC
References	Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall 1993 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p.

Iridovirosis. Viral Qin, Q., H. ;

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).

Attributions	Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).
Contributors	Thomas Vattakaven
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY_NC
References	Shen, T.J. Lam, S.F. Chang, G.H. Ngoh, C. Chen and Y.M. Sin 2000 Isolation, characterization and morphogenesis of an iridovirus from brown-spotted grouper, Epinephelus tauvina. p.130-131. In: The Third World Fisheries Congress abstracts books. Beijing, P.R. China.

Miscellaneous Details

No Data

📚 Habitat and Distribution

Habitat and Distribution

General Habitat

Habitat

Marine

Habitat reef-associated; oceanodromous ; marine; depth range 1 - 300 m

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).

Attributions	Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).
Contributors	Thomas Vattakaven
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY_NC
References	Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. Al Sakaff, H. and M. Esseen 1999 Occurrence and distribution of fish species off Yemen (Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea). Naga ICLARM Q. 22(1):43-47.

Distribution

Description

Remark

Known from the east coast

Occurrence

native

Distribution

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to South Africa and eastward to Ducie in the Pitcairn Group, north to Japan, south to New South Wales and Lord Howe Island. Migration report from the eastern Mediterranean Sea may be based on Epinephelus coioides specimens.

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).

Attributions	Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).
Contributors	Thomas Vattakaven
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY_NC
References	Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall 1993 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p.

Endemic Distribution

No Data

📚 Occurrence

Occurrence

No Data

📚 Demography and Conservation

Demography and Conservation

IUCN Red List Category

Data Deficient

Not Evaluated IUCN 2006

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).

Attributions	Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).
Contributors	Thomas Vattakaven
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY_NC
References	2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.

Threats

Legislation

Protection Legal Status

No Data

📚 Uses and Management

Uses and Management

Uses

fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes; price category: very high; price reliability: questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).

Attributions	Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4461, version (12/2013).
Contributors	Thomas Vattakaven
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY_NC
References	Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall 1993 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p. Garibaldi, L. 1996 List of animal species used in aquaculture. FAO Fish. Circ. 914. 38 p. International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, FlorIda, USA.

Folklore

Management

No Data

📚 Information Listing

Information Listing

Species Resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN)

Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

References

Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys

Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall 1993 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p.

Overview > Diagnostic > Description

Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall 1993 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p.

Natural History > Migration

Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.

Natural History > Size

Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall 1993 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p.

Natural History > Trophic Strategy

Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall 1993 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p.

Natural History > Diseases

Shen, T.J. Lam, S.F. Chang, G.H. Ngoh, C. Chen and Y.M. Sin 2000 Isolation, characterization and morphogenesis of an iridovirus from brown-spotted grouper, Epinephelus tauvina. p.130-131. In: The Third World Fisheries Congress abstracts books. Beijing, P.R. China.

Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat

Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. Al Sakaff, H. and M. Esseen 1999 Occurrence and distribution of fish species off Yemen (Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea). Naga ICLARM Q. 22(1):43-47.

Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description

Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall 1993 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p.

Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status

2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.

Uses and Management > Uses

Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall 1993 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p. Garibaldi, L. 1996 List of animal species used in aquaculture. FAO Fish. Circ. 914. 38 p. International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, FlorIda, USA.