Epinephelus tukula, Potato grouper : fisheries, gamefish

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Epinephelus tukula Morgans, 1959

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

Issue
Type locality: Mafia Island, Tanzania.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 10 - 400 m (Ref. 89707). Tropical; 35°N - 32°S, 29°E - 150°E (Ref. 5222)

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Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to southern Japan and Queensland, Australia. Also from the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. There are no records from Madagascar, Mauritius, Maldives, Laccadives, and Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturidade: Lm ?, range 99 - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 2872); peso máx. Publicado: 110.0 kg (Ref. 9710)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 11; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 14 - 15; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais moles: 8. Distinguished by the following characteristics: body depth contained 2.9-3.5 times in SL; head length 2.3-2.6 times in SL; slightly convex interorbital area; straight dorsal head profile; rounded or subangular preopercle, slightly enlarged serrae at angle; almost straight upper edge of operculum; posterior and anterior nostrils subequal in size; maxilla reaches to or beyond vertical at rear edge of eye; 2-6 rows of teeth on midlateral part of lower jaw (Ref. 89707).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.

Biologia     Glossário (ex. epibenthic)

Mainly found in deep reef channels and seamounts, in current prone areas (Ref. 48635). Juveniles may be found in tide pools (Ref. 5222). Feeds on reef fishes, skates, crabs, and spiny lobsters (Ref. 5222). Considered to be exceedingly territorial and very aggressive towards intruders. Vulnerable to spear fishers (Ref. 5222). Hand fed by divers in certain areas, but potentially dangerous to the inexperienced. In the Hong Kong live fish markets (Ref. 27253). Solitary (Ref 90102).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

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)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Preocupação menor (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 November 2016

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para o homem

  Harmless





Utilização humana

Pescarias: pescarias de subsistência; peixe desportivo: sim
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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 16.8 - 27.7, mean 23.9 °C (based on 619 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01479 (0.00762 - 0.02872), b=3.04 (2.88 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.66 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 8.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resiliência (Ref. 120179):  Baixo, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 4,5 - 14 anos (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100). 🛈
Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 11.1 [5.0, 25.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.368 [0.188, 0.752] mg/100g; Protein = 18.8 [17.2, 20.3] %; Omega3 = 0.121 [0.069, 0.216] g/100g; Selenium = 73.4 [39.2, 145.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 82.7 [22.4, 294.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.801 [0.547, 1.169] mg/100g (wet weight);