potato grouper

Epinephelus tukula

Fish Reaching Two Hundred Centimeters in Indo Pacific

Blue
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Oceania
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Large
Tropical fish

The potato grouper (Epinephelus tukula), also called the potato cod or potato bass, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Epinephelidae
Genus: Epinephelus
Maximum length: 200 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to southern Japan and Queensland, Australia. Also from the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. There are no records from Madagascar, Mauritius, Maldives, Laccadives, and Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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