Greasy Rock Cod

Epinephelus tauvina

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Max Size

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Max Weight

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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

Locations

Sri Lanka Maldives Seychelles Papua New Guinea French Polynesia +36 more in Seabook

Colors

white

brown

yellow

red

Poisonous

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Habitat and Environment

Coral reef

Edible

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Social Behaviour

Solitary