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Epinephelidae
barred-chest grouper
Epinephelus faveatus
Seabass from the Eastern Indian Ocean
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
Mediumbarred-chest grouper is known from Eastern Indian Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Epinephelus
- Maximum length
- 36.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Eastern Indian Ocean: southern India, Sri Lanka, and southern Indonesia. However, it is likely that its distribution is continuous from Pakistan to Indonesia. Record from the Chagos Archipelago is based on Epinephelus macrospilos (Ref. 6495 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
