Author: (Fabricius, 1775)
FBname: Greasy grouper
Comments: Adults prefer clear water areas on coral reefs; juveniles have been taken from reef flats and in tide pools, adults found in deeper waters.  Solitary and common in lightly fished areas (Ref. 37816).  Adults from Oceania almost exclusively feed on fishes (holocentrids, mullid, and pomacentrid); and occasionally, crustaceans (Ref. 89707).  Present in the Hong Kong live fish markets (Ref. 27253).  Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 30874.  Occasionally ciguatoxic (Ref. 37816).  Reports of sizes in excess of 80 cm total length for <i>E. tauvina</i> are probably based on misidentifications of <i>E. coioides</i>, <i>E. malabaricus</i>, and <i>E. lanceolatus</i>; these species grow much bigger than <i>E. tauvina</i> (Ref. 5222, Heemstra pers. comm. 09/04).
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