Greasy grouper

Epinephelus tauvina

Fish
IUCN: Data deficient

Usual depth0–23 m
Water temperature22–30 °C
Best monthsMarch, April, and June
How commonOccasional

About this species

The greasy grouper, also known as the Arabian grouper or greasy rockcod, is an Indo-Pacific fish species of economic importance belonging to the family Serranidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Greasy grouper”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 12 records
February: 34 records
March: 64 records
April: 80 records
May: 55 records
June: 69 records
July: 44 records
August: 52 records
September: 50 records
October: 57 records
November: 14 records
December: 6 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–23 m · Deepest record: 100.5 m

0–10 m: 156 records
10–20 m: 95 records
20–30 m: 50 records
30–40 m: 6 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

20–22 °C: 6 records
22–24 °C: 14 records
24–26 °C: 147 records
26–28 °C: 163 records
28–30 °C: 106 records

Names and classification

English: Greasy grouper, Estuary Rock-cod, Giant Grouper, greasy grouper, Greasy Grouper, Greasy Rockcod, Green Grouper, Reef Cod, Speckled Rockcod, Spotted Grouper

Names in 4 more languages

Spanish: Mero Lutria
French: Loche Mouchetee, Loche mouchetée, Merou Loutre, Mérou loutre, Vieille lutre, Vieille nègre, Vielle Lutre, Vielle Negre
Japanese: Hitomihata, ヒトミハタ
Simplified Chinese: Ju-shi-ban-yu, Zhu-gao-ban, 巨石斑魚, 巨石斑鱼, 石斑, 虎麻, 過魚, 鱸滑石斑魚

Other scientific names: Cephalopholis tauvina, Epinephalus tauvina, Epinephelus chewa, Epinephelus elongatus, Holocentrus pantherinus, Perca tauvina, Serranus goldiei, Serranus jansenii, Serranus pantherinus

Similar species

Blacktip grouper
Epinephelus fasciatus
Honeycomb grouper
Epinephelus merra
Areolate grouper
Epinephelus areolatus
Garrupa
Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus
Orange-spotted grouper
Epinephelus coioides
Brown-marbled grouper
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,133 open-data records from 1775 to 2023.

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