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Epinephelus tauvina Estuary Rock-cod, Giant Grouper, Greasy Grouper, Greasy Rockcod, Green Grouper, Reef Cod, Speckled Rockcod, Spotted Grouper

Epinephelus tauvinais commonly referred to as Estuary Rock-cod, Giant Grouper, Greasy Grouper, Greasy Rockcod, Green Grouper, Reef Cod, Speckled Rockcod, Spotted Grouper. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 10000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. John Ernest (Jack) Randall (†), Hawaii

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lexID:
2872 
AphiaID:
218205 
Scientific:
Epinephelus tauvina 
German:
Braunflecken-Zackenbarsch; Rostflecken-Zackenbarsch 
English:
Estuary Rock-cod, Giant Grouper, Greasy Grouper, Greasy Rockcod, Green Grouper, Reef Cod, Speckled Rockcod, Spotted Grouper 
Category:
Groupers 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Epinephelus (Genus) > tauvina (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Forsskål, ), 1775 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Austral Islands, Australia, Bakers Island, Borneo (Kalimantan), Brunei Darussalam, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Gilbert Islands, Guam, Howland Island, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Israel, Japan, Jarvis Island, Jordan, Kenya, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Komodo (Komodo Island), Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Maumere, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Palmyra Atoll, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Rodriguez, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Cargados Carajos Shoals, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake Atoll, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 
Sea depth:
1 - 300 Meter 
Size:
up to 29.53" (75 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, Copepods, Crabs, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Frozen Food (large sort), Lobster, Mantis shrimps, Rock lobster, Rock shrimps, Schrimps 
Tank:
2199.78 gal (~ 10000L)  
Difficulty:
Not for beginners 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Data deficient (DD) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2018-01-10 15:24:39 

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Prefers clear water areas on coral reefs; juveniles have been taken from reef flats and in tide pools, adults found in deeper waters. Solitary and common in lightly fished areas

Scientific paper

  1. Efficacy of 17 α-methyl testosterone and letrozole on sex reversal of protogynous grouper, Epinephelus tauvina (Forskal, 1775) and spawning performance of sex-reversed males, Ranjan, Ritesh; Xavier, Biji; Dash, Biswajit; Edward, Loveson L; Suresh, Relangi D; Kumar, Pilli Suresh , 2015
  2. Monogeneans of the grouperEpinephelus tauvina(Perciformes, Serranidae) off Moorea, French Polynesia, with a description ofPseudorhabdosynochus pain. sp. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae), Jean-Lou Justine; Matthias Vignon, 2009
  3. Immune response of freshwater fish, guppy, Poicelia reticulata and gouramy, Trichogaster trichopterus to recombinant coat protein of Epinephelus tauvina nervous necrosis virus, A. Hegde; T.J. Lam; Y.M. Sin, 2005
  4. Growth and immune response of juvenile greasy groupers (Epinephelus tauvina) fed with herbal antibacterial active principle supplemented diets against Vibrio harveyi infections, V Sivaram; M.M Babu; G Immanuel; S Murugadass; T Citarasu; M.P Marian, 2004
  5. Dietary vitamin A requirement of juvenile greasy grouper (Epinephelus tauvina), J Shaik Mohamed; V Sivaram; T.S Christopher Roy; M Peter Marian; S Murugadass; M Raffiq Hussain, 2003
  6. Characterization, pathogenicity and neutralization studies of a nervous necrosis virus isolated from grouper, Epinephelus tauvina, in Singapore, A Hegde; C.L Chen; Q.W Qin; T.J Lam; Y.M Sin, 2002
  7. Electron microscopic observations of a marine fish iridovirus isolated from brown-spotted grouper, Epinephelus tauvina, Q.W Qin; T.J Lam; Y.M Sin; H Shen; S.F Chang; G.H Ngoh; C.L Chen, 2001
  8. Determination of the complete nucleotide sequences of RNA1 and RNA2 from greasy grouper (Epinephelus tauvina) nervous necrosis virus, Singapore strain, Munday, Barry; Huang, Bin; Chang, Siow Foong; Chen, Shih Chu; Tan, Corrina; Ngoh, Gim Hue; Kwang, Jimmy , 2001
  9. Metal Contents in the Tissues ofLutjanus fulviflamma(Smith 1949) andEpinephelus tauvina(Forskål 1775) Collected from the Arabian Gulf, S. Ahmad; S. M. Al-Ghais, 1996
  10. In Vitro Metabolism of Testosterone by Gonads of the Grouper (Epinephelus tauvina) before and after Sex Inversion with 17α-Methyltestosterone, S.T.L. Lee; D.E. Kime; T.M. Chao; H.S. Lim; R. Chou; T.J. Lam; C.H. Tan, 1995
  11. The food and feeding of tropical marine fishes in floating net cages: Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer (Bloch), and brown-spotted grouper, Epinephelus tauvina (Forskal), A. G. J. TACON; N. RAUSIN; M. KADARI; P. CORNELIS, 1991
  12. Bacteriosis associated with epizootic in the giant sea perch, Lates calcarifer, and the estuarine grouper, Epinephelus tauvina, cage cultured in Malaysia, Gary Nash; Ian G. Anderson; M. Shariff; Mariana Nor Shamsudin, 1987
  13. Preliminary observations of chilled and deep-frozen storage of grouper (Epinephelus tauvina) sperm, F.C. Withler; L.C. Lim, 1982
  14. Larval rearing and development of the brown spotted grouper, Epinephelus tauvina (Forskål), Nazar A. Hussain; Masaki Higuchi, 1980
  15. PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS OF NETCAGE CULTURE OF GROUPER (Epinephelus tauvina F) IN SINGAPORE, F. Y. Chen, 1979
  16. Effects of feeding frequency on the growth of young estuary grouper, Epinephelus tauvina (Forskål), cultured in floating net-cages, Chua Thia-Eng; Teng Seng-Keh, 1978

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Copyright J.E. Randall, Bild von den Marshall Inseln
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Copyright J.E. Randall, Bild aus dem Roten Meer
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Copyright Bo Davidsson, Schweden
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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland
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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland
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Epinephelus tauvina; Rotes Meer; Marsa Alam
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Epinephelus tauvina; Rotes Meer; Marsa Alam
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Epinephelus tauvina - Braunflecken-Zackenbarsch - November 2007 - Egypt - Red Sea - Safari - Canon PowerShot G7
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Foto: La Réunion, Westlicher Indischer Ozeab
Foto: Marsa Alam, Ägypten, Rotes Meer

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