Malabar grouper - 114°E HK Reef Fish

Malabar grouper

Characteristics

Mainly feeds on fishes and crustaceans.
Reported to perform protogynous (female to male) sex change at least under laboratory conditions.

Description

Body brown to grey and covered with numerous black dots. The similar looking Orange-spotted grouper possesses orange or reddish brown dots instead.
Scattered white spots and white blotches on body.
Several diagonal dark bars often present on body.

Common Name: Malabar grouper

Family Common Name: Groupers

Family: Epinephelidae

Scientific Name: Epinephelus malabaricus___(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Genus: Epinephelus

Maximum Length: Coming soon

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未評估

Not Evaluated (ne)

數據缺乏

Data Deficient (dd)

無危

Least Concern (lc)

近危

Near Threatened (nt)

易危

Vulnerable (vu)

瀕危

Endangered (en)

極危

Critically Endangered (cr)

絕滅

Extinct (ex)