Dotted grouper

Dotted grouper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Epinephelus
Species: E. epistictus
Binomial name
Epinephelus epistictus
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)

The dotted grouper, Epinephelus epistictus, is a tropical marine serranid fish of the Indo-Pacific waters.

The distribution ranges form the Red Sea to South Africa, and to India, South-East Asia and Northern Australia, an up to Japan on the Pacific coast.

The dotted grouper may grow up to 70-80 cm length. It is a demersal fish found at 70-300 m depths; but nothing has been published of its biology.

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