Real photoREAL PHOTO

smooth grouper (Dermatolepis striolata)
Specimen imageSPECIMEN IMAGE
smooth grouper (Dermatolepis striolata) specimen
← Back to catalog

Epinephelidae

smooth grouper

Dermatolepis striolata

Seabass Reaching Eighty Five Centimeters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Africa
  • West Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

smooth grouper is a marine fish found around Western Indian Ocean. It inhabits reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 85 cm.

Maximum length
85 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman and south coast of Arabian Peninsula, Aldabra, Comoros, Madagascar, and coast of Africa from Kenya to Durban, South Africa.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

Generating…