Potato Rockcod
Epinephelus tukula
The Potato Rockcod (Epinephelus tukula) is a tropical marine fish of the family Serranidae. It lives on and around reefs, between 10 and 400 m deep. It grows to 200 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Vulnerable.
- Size
- 200 cmtotal length
- Depth
- 10–400 m
- Climate zone
- Tropical
In the wild
- Water type
- Marine
- Climate zone
- Tropical
- Habitat
- Coral and rocky reefs
Depth
surface
10 m400 m
Conservation status
Classification
- FamilySerranidae
- GenusEpinephelus
- SpeciesEpinephelus tukula
Quick answers
- Potato Rockcod size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 200 cm (total length).
- Potato Rockcod: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Vulnerable.
Related species
Black RockcodEpinephelus daemelii
Malabar GrouperEpinephelus malabaricus
Giant GrouperEpinephelus lanceolatus
Purple RockcodEpinephelus cyanopodus
Goldspotted RockcodEpinephelus coioides
Rankin CodEpinephelus multinotatus
Greasy RockcodEpinephelus tauvina
Camouflage GrouperEpinephelus polyphekadion
Whitespotted GrouperEpinephelus coeruleopunctatus
Highfin GrouperEpinephelus maculatus
Blacksaddle RockcodEpinephelus howlandi
Areolate GrouperEpinephelus areolatus
Sources
The figures on this page are compiled from the references below.