Epinephelus cyanopodus

Osteichthyes Serranidae Genus Epinephelus Epinephelus cyanopodus

Speckled grouper EPY

46.5 cm TL

Characteristic features:

Colour:

Adults pale bluish grey with numerous irregular black spots and streaks (mostly small).

Size:

Up to 100 cm TL.

Distribution:

West Pacific in tropical waters.

Habitat:

Coral reefs, from 2 to 150 m depth.

Indonesian fisheries:

Caught with hook-and-line, traps, trawls, and lift nets.

Similar species:

Epinephelus undulosus
Wavylined grouper

Epinephelus undulosus differs in having anterior and posterior nostrils subequal in size (vs. posterior nostrils 2–3 times larger than anterior nostrils); dorsal fin membranes not, or only slightly incised (vs. deeply incised) and body covered in close-set brown-orange or reddish brown longitudinal stripes, sometimes breaking into series of spots (vs. body pale bluish grey with black dots and irregular larger black spots).

to Epinephelus undulosus

Epinephelus multinotatus
White-blotched grouper

Epinephelus multinotatus differs in having irregular whitish blotches (vs. numerous blackish dots).

to Epinephelus multinotatus

Internal links:

Epinephelus cyanopodus gallery

External links:

FishBase
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species^TM