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Greasy Rock Cod

Epinephelus tauvina

Seabook: Greasy Rock Cod

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Max Weight

Max Depth

300 m

Description

The greasy grouper (Epinephelus tauvina) is an Indo-Pacific fish species of economic importance belonging to the family Serranidae. Distribution The greasy grouper occurs in the Red Sea and along the East African coast, east to the Pitcairn group, north to Japan, and south to Lord Howe Island. It is not common in Fiji... Read more in Seabook

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Colors

white
brown
yellow
red

Poisonous

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Habitat and Environment

Coral reef

Social Behaviour

Solitary