Table 7.

Local Knowledge on the habitat of Epinephelus marginatus in the coast of Brazil^{a, b}.

Habitat	Copacabana	Itaipu	Florianópolis	Porto Sauípe	Itacimirim	Total
Cave	5	2		3		10
High depths	1		2	6		9
Islands	1		2			3
Open sea	1			6	1	8
Reefs/rocks	20	11	28	17	13	89
River				1		1
Sand/mud				3	1	4
Surface	1				1	2
Does not know				2	2	4
Interviews	23	12	23	22	12	92

^aCopacabana and Itaipu (Rio de Janeiro), Pântano do Sul (Florianópolis, Santa Catarina), and Itacimirim and Porto Sauípe (Bahia).

^bBased on interviews showing 38 fish pictures, including Epinephelus marginatus.