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Epinephelidae
dotted grouper
Epinephelus epistictus
Seabass in Indo West Pacific
dotted grouper is a marine fish of Indo-West Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 80 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Epinephelus
- Maximum length
- 80 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Kenya to South Africa; Oman, west coast of India, Korea, Japan including Ogasawara Islands, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ) and northern Australia. Sometimes misidentified as Epinephelus magniscuttis or Epinephelus heniochus .
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

