WoRMS taxon details
Epinephelus tukula Morgans, 1959
218246 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218246)
accepted
Species
Serranus dispar Playfair, 1867 · unaccepted
Serranus dispar a Playfair, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Serranus dispar var. a Playfair, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Morgans, J. F. C. (1959). Three confusing species of serranid fish, one described as new, from East Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13).</em> 1 (10) (for 1958): 642-656, Pls. 17-18. [Date of publication confirmed by Evenhuis 2003:54 [ref. 27365].]. [details]
Note Mafia Island, Tanzania.
Unreviewed
Type locality Mafia Island, Tanzania. [details]
Description Juveniles may be found in tidepools. Feeds on reef fishes, skates, crabs, and spiny lobsters. Considered to be exceedingly...
Description Juveniles may be found in tidepools. Feeds on reef fishes, skates, crabs, and spiny lobsters. Considered to be exceedingly territorial and very aggressive towards intruders. These qualities make it vulnerable to spearfishermen. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Epinephelus tukula Morgans, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218246 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Morgans, J. F. C. (1959). Three confusing species of serranid fish, one described as new, from East Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13).</em> 1 (10) (for 1958): 642-656, Pls. 17-18. [Date of publication confirmed by Evenhuis 2003:54 [ref. 27365].]. [details]
original description (of Serranus dispar Playfair, 1867) Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Serranus dispar Playfair, 1867) Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
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] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Juveniles may be found in tidepools. Feeds on reef fishes, skates, crabs, and spiny lobsters. Considered to be exceedingly territorial and very aggressive towards intruders. These qualities make it vulnerable to spearfishermen. [details]Type locality Mafia Island, Tanzania. [details]
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Serranus dispar Playfair, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus tukula)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Epinephelus tukula, Australia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Serranus dispar Playfair in Playfair & Günther, 1867; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3100512) (from synonym Serranus dispar Playfair, 1867)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus tukula FIN033912 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Serranus dispar Playfair, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus tukula)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Epinephelus tukula, Australia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Serranus dispar Playfair in Playfair & Günther, 1867; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3100512) (from synonym Serranus dispar Playfair, 1867)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus tukula FIN033912 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
