Animal Diversity Web

Epinephelus tukula

Black-spotted rock-cod

(Also: Potato bass; Potato cod; Potato grouper; Potato rockcod)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Perciformes
        
        Family Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
        
        Genus Epinephelus
        
        Species Epinephelus tukula (Black-spotted rock-cod)