Dotted grouper
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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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Genus: | Epinephelus |
| Species: | E. epistictus |
| Binomial name | |
| Epinephelus epistictus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) | |
References
- Leung Lap Boon, B. & Sadovy, Y. 2018. Epinephelus epistictus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T132824A46631320. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T132824A46631320.en. Downloaded on 25 December 2018.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Epinephelus epistictus" in FishBase. April 2015 version.
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