WoRMS taxon details
Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775)
218205 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218205)
accepted
Species
Cephalopholis tauvina (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Epinephalus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Epinephelus chewa Morgans, 1966 · unaccepted
Epinephelus elongatus Schultz, 1953 · unaccepted
Holocentrus pantherinus Lacepède, 1802 · unaccepted
Perca tauvina Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted
Serranus goldiei MacLeay, 1882 · unaccepted
Serranus jansenii Bleeker, 1857 · unaccepted
Serranus pantherinus (Lacepède, 1802) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Perca tauvina Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 39, xi [details]
page(s): 39, xi [details]
Description Prefers clear water areas on coral reefs; juveniles have been taken from reef flats and in tidepools, adults found in...
Description Prefers clear water areas on coral reefs; juveniles have been taken from reef flats and in tidepools, adults found in deeper waters. Adults from Oceania almost exclusively feeds on fishes (holocentrids, mullid, and pomacentrid). Often confused with @E. coioides@@ and @E. malabaricus@@. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218205 on 2025-01-21
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original description
(of Epinephelus elongatus Schultz, 1953) Schultz, L. P.; Herald, E. S.; Lachner, E. A.; Welander, A. D.; Woods, L. P. (1953). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. I. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 202, v. 1: i-xxxii + 1-685, Pls. 1-74. [details]
original description (of Perca tauvina Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 39, xi [details]
original description (of Holocentrus pantherinus Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 345, 389 [details]
original description (of Serranus jansenii Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Sangi-eilanden. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 13 (no. 2): 369-380. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
original description (of Perca tauvina Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 39, xi [details]
original description (of Holocentrus pantherinus Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 345, 389 [details]
original description (of Serranus jansenii Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Sangi-eilanden. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 13 (no. 2): 369-380. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]Unreviewed
Description Prefers clear water areas on coral reefs; juveniles have been taken from reef flats and in tidepools, adults found in deeper waters. Adults from Oceania almost exclusively feeds on fishes (holocentrids, mullid, and pomacentrid). Often confused with @E. coioides@@ and @E. malabaricus@@. [details]
To Barcode of Life (55 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Holocentrus pantherinus Lacepède, 1802)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Epinephalus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Serranus pantherinus (Lacepède, 1802))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Perca tauvina Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Serranus jansenii Bleeker, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Serranus goldiei MacLeay, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus elongatus Schultz, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Perca tauvina Forsskål, 1775)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Greasy Grouper)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus tauvina)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus chewa Morgans, 1966)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus elongatus Schultz, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus jansenii Bleeker, 1857)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus goldiei MacLeay, 1882)
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrus pantherinus Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus pantherinus (Lacepède, 1802))
To FishBase (from synonym Perca tauvina Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopholis tauvina (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephalus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase images (Epinephelus tauvina, Marshall Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (87 nucleotides; 95 proteins)
To GenBank (87 nucleotides; 95 proteins) (from synonym Perca tauvina Forsskål, 1775)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus elongatus P10445 illustration) (from synonym Epinephelus elongatus Schultz, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus elongatus P10462 1 of 2 transparency) (from synonym Epinephelus elongatus Schultz, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus tauvina USNM 390607 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus tauvina USNM 439488 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Holocentrus pantherinus Lacepède, 1802)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Epinephalus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Serranus pantherinus (Lacepède, 1802))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Perca tauvina Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Serranus jansenii Bleeker, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Serranus goldiei MacLeay, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus elongatus Schultz, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Perca tauvina Forsskål, 1775)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Greasy Grouper)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus tauvina)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus chewa Morgans, 1966)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus elongatus Schultz, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus jansenii Bleeker, 1857)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus goldiei MacLeay, 1882)
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrus pantherinus Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus pantherinus (Lacepède, 1802))
To FishBase (from synonym Perca tauvina Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopholis tauvina (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephalus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase images (Epinephelus tauvina, Marshall Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (87 nucleotides; 95 proteins)
To GenBank (87 nucleotides; 95 proteins) (from synonym Perca tauvina Forsskål, 1775)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus elongatus P10445 illustration) (from synonym Epinephelus elongatus Schultz, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus elongatus P10462 1 of 2 transparency) (from synonym Epinephelus elongatus Schultz, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus tauvina USNM 390607 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus tauvina USNM 439488 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
