Epinephelus tauvina, Greasy grouper : fisheries, aquaculture, gamefish

You can sponsor this page

Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius, 1775)

Greasy grouper
Beobachtung melden im Fish Watcher
Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed.
Epinephelus tauvina   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
Hochladen Photos und videos
 Bilder | videos | Stamps, coins, misc. | Google Bild
Image of Epinephelus tauvina (Greasy grouper)
Epinephelus tauvina
Photo von Randall, J.E.

Egypt country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Migrated to the eastern Mediterranean Sea though the Suez Canal (Ref. 5385). Also Ref. 4787. Museum: HUJ 4399, 7680, 5798, 10476, 4274, 5844, 10359; USNM 207928, 214102; NMW 40897; SMF 8622.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Mérou loutre, Mero lutria, Cod, ... more

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Epinephelidae (Groupers)
Etymology: Epinephelus: Greek, epinephelos = cloudy (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / Tiefenbereich / distribution range Ökologie

seewasser riff-verbunden; ozeanodrom (Ref. 51243); tiefenbereich 1 - 300 m (Ref. 28016). Subtropical; 30°N - 32°S, 29°E - 123°W (Ref. 5222)

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Punkt Karte | Einführungen | Faunafri

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 (Ref. 6489, 5385) may be based on Epinephelus coioides specimens.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Geschlechtsreife: Lm 61.1, range 61 - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 89972); common length : 90.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 5450)

Kurzbeschreibung Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie

Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 11; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 13 - 16; Afterflossenstacheln: 3; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 8. 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. Further characterized by: elongate body, depth contained 3.0-3.6 times in SL; large head, length is 2.1-2.4 times in SL; snout length 2.0-2.4 times in upper-jaw length; interorbital area narrow, flat to slightly concave, interorbital width 6.8-8.1 times in HL and 3.1-4.0 times in upper jaw length; broadly rounded preopercle, serrae at angle of preopercle slightly enlarged; upper edge of operculum almost straight; posterior nostrils distinctly larger than anterior nostrils; maxilla reaching well past eye, greatest width about twice suborbital depth, maxilla width 6.8-8.1% of standard length; upper-jaw length 21-24% of SL; 2-5 rows of teeth on midlateral part of lower jaw; inner teeth at symphysis of upper jaw are longer than the fixed canines at front of jaw (Ref. 89707). Differs from E. howlandi by its more elongate body and closer-set spots (Ref. 37816).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Adults prefer 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 (Ref. 37816). Adults from Oceania almost exclusively feed on fishes (holocentrids, mullid, and pomacentrid); and occasionally, crustaceans (Ref. 89707). Present in the Hong Kong live fish markets (Ref. 27253). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 30874. Occasionally ciguatoxic (Ref. 37816). Reports of sizes in excess of 80 cm total length for E. tauvina are probably based on misidentifications of E. coioides, E. malabaricus, and E. lanceolatus; these species grow much bigger than E. tauvina (Ref. 5222, Heemstra pers. comm. 09/04). .

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

Hauptreferenz Upload your references | Referenzen | Koordinator | Partner

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. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p. (Ref. 5222)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Daten mangelhaft (DD) ; Date assessed: 21 November 2016

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 9710)





Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: weniger kommerziell; Aquakultur: kommerziell; Sportfisch: ja
FAO - Aquaculture systems: production; Fischereien: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Mehr Information

Trophic ecology
Food items (preys)
Nahrungszusammensetzung
Nahrungsaufnahme
Food rations
Räuber
Ökologie
Ökologie
Home ranges
Population dynamics
Growth parameters
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Längenhäufigkeiten
Mass conversion
Rekrutierung
Dichte
Life cycle
Fortpflanzung
Geschlechtsreife
Maturity/Gills rel.
Fecundity
Ablaichen
Spawning aggregations
Eier
Eientwicklung
Larven
Larven Pop.Dyn.
Verbreitung
Länder
FAO Gebiete
Ecosystems
Vorkommen
Einführungen
BRUVS - Videos
Anatomy
Kiemenoberfläche
Brain
Otolith
Physiology
Body composition
Nutrients
Oxygen consumption
Swimming type
Swimming speed
Visual pigments
Fish sound
Diseases & Parasites
Toxicity (LC50s)
Genetik
Genom
Genetik
Heterozygosity
Vererbbarkeit
Human related
Aquaculture systems
Aquakultur Profile
Zuchtlinien
Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.
Outreach
Partner
Taxonomy
Namen
Synonyme
Morphologie
Morphometrie
Bilder
Referenzen
Referenzen

Tools

Bio-Quiz | E-book | Feldführer | Bestimmungsschlüssel | Längenhäufigkeits Tool | Lebensdaten Tool | Punkt Karte | Catch-MSY |

Zusatzinformationen

Aquarium Hälterung suchen | Art Datenblatt suchen | Aquakultur Datenblatt suchen

Download XML

Zusammenfassung | Point data | Namen | Photos

Internet Quellen

AFORO (otoliths) | Alien/Invasive Species database | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | FishWatcher Einträge suchen | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Gattung, Arten | DiscoverLife | DORIS | ECOTOX | FAO - Aquaculture systems: production; Fischereien: landings; Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | Nationale Datenbanken | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Gehe zu, Suchen | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 19.6 - 28.2, mean 26.2 °C (based on 1115 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01202 (0.01042 - 0.01387), b=3.04 (3.01 - 3.07), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.68 se; based on food items.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179):  niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert 4,5 - 14 Jahre. (K=0.1-0.17; tm=5-6; Fec = 354,989).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (59 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Very high vulnerability (78 of 100). 🛈
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 11.8 [4.7, 25.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.477 [0.234, 1.002] mg/100g; Protein = 19.2 [17.5, 20.7] %; Omega3 = 0.195 [0.108, 0.367] g/100g; Selenium = 25.5 [12.4, 56.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 117 [27, 467] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.625 [0.409, 0.950] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.