Table 8.
Local Knowledge on the habitat of Epinephelus marginatus in the coast of Brazila, b.
| Habitat | Copacabana | Bertioga | Itacimirim | Florianópolis | Vitória I. | Total |
| Cave | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| High depths | 2 | 18 | 20 | |||
| Open sea | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Reefs/rocks | 7 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 38 |
| Submersed ships | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Surface | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Interviews | 10 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 49 |
aBertioga and Vitória Island (São Paulo), Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro), Pântano do Sul (Florianópolis, Santa Catarina), and Itacimirim (Bahia).
bBased on interviews with experienced fishermen [40 years up, fishing and living in the locality for 25 years or more].