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.
From other sources
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. (2024). FishBase. Epinephelus tukula Morgans, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218246 on 2024-04-20
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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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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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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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 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 other sources
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)
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)
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
