Epinephelidae

Blackfin grouper

Cephalopholis nigripinnis

Fish Reaching Twenty Eight Centimeters in African Waters

• Black
• Gray
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Africa
• South Asia
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Blackfin grouper is known around Indian Ocean as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 28 cm.