Epinephelidae

Banded grouper

Epinephelus amblycephalus

Striped Fish from Philippine Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Oceania
• Southeast Asia
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The banded grouper (Epinephelus amblycephalus), also known as the blunt-headed rock cod, the bighead grouper, white-spotted green grouper, and yellow-lipped rock-cod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It comes from the western Pacific Ocean.