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Epinephelidae
Somali grouper
Epinephelus indistinctus
Endemic Seabass of the Western Indian Ocean
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
LargeSomali grouper is known from Western Indian Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Epinephelus
- Maximum length
- 80 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Indian Ocean: known only from the holotype caught off Somalia.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
