Epinephelidae

white-streaked grouper

Epinephelus ongus

Forty Centimeters Seabass of the Red Sea

• White
• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Oceania
• South Asia
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Epinephelus ongus, the white-streaked grouper, specklefin grouper, lace-finned rock-cod, specklefin rockcod, wavy-lined rock-cod, white-speckled grouper or white-spotted 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 has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution and it is found in brackish waters as well as marine reefs.