Characteristics

Description

• Body colour variable, and individuals maybe olive, reddish brown, orange red, light pink or red.
• Numerous small blue dots on head, median fins and body except belly.
• A nearly complete blue ring encircling the eye.
• Similar in appearance to the Squaretail coral grouper (Plectropomusareolatus), on which blue dots appear throughout the body including on the belly.
• The Squaretail coral grouper has not been recorded in this survey yet and Hong Kong is not currently within its confirmed natural distribution range.