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Epinephelus tukula Potato Grouper

Epinephelus tukula is commonly referred to as Potato Grouper. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
2817 
AphiaID:
218246 
Scientific:
Epinephelus tukula 
German:
Kartoffel Zackenbarsch 
English:
Potato Grouper 
Category:
Havbarser 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Epinephelus (Genus) > tukula (Species) 
Initial determination:
Morgans, 1959 
Occurrence:
Australia, China, Comores, Great Barrier Reef, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rapa, Red Sea, Réunion , Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, the Seychelles 
Sea depth:
10 - 400 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Reef channels, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 78.74" (200 cm) 
Weight:
110 kg 
Temperature:
16,8 °F - 27,7 °F (16,8°C - 27,7°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Predatory, Schrimps, Shrimps 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-11-18 14:20:10 

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Epinephelus tukula Morgans, 1959

Synonymised names
Serranus dispar Playfair, 1867 · unaccepted
Serranus dispar a Playfair, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Serranus dispar var. a Playfair, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)

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