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Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius, 1775)

Greasy grouper
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Saudi Arabia country information

Common names: Kushar tooweena
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Jeddah; NMW 40892, ZUMC P43565 (Holotype of P. tauvina). Also Ref. 100374
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sa.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Mérou loutre, Mero lutria, Green grouper, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Epinephelidae (Groupers)
Etymology: Epinephelus: Greek, epinephelos = cloudy (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 1 - 300 m (Ref. 28016).   Subtropical; 30°N - 32°S, 29°E - 123°W (Ref. 5222)

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