Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Potato Cod
Epinephelus tukula
Potato Cod
Also known as: Potato Grouper
Category: Groupers
Scientific Name: Epinephelus tukula
Size: Up to 6.5 ft. (200 cm)  
Depth: 15-400 ft. (5-120 m)
Distribution: Great Barrier Reef, Red Sea, Madagascar
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Perciformes (Order)
     └Percoidei (Suborder)
      └Epinephelidae (Family)
       └Epinephelus (Genus)
        └E. tukula (Species)
WoRMS ID: 218246🔗
iNaturalist ID: 53857🔗

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