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. Its distribution ranges form the Red Sea to South Africa, and to India, Southeast Asia, and Northern Australia, and north 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.

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