Blacksaddle grouper

Epinephelus howlandi

Fifty Five Centimeters Seabass from the Pacific Ocean

Blacksaddle grouper is a marine fish from Western Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 55 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Epinephelidae
Genus: Epinephelus
Maximum length: 55 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands south to Lord Howe Island and east to Howland Island and Samoa. Often misidentified as Epinephelus macrospilos or Epinephelus corallicola .
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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