foursaddle grouper (Epinephelus spilotoceps) Description Epinephelus spilotoceps in Maldives
Date 28 August 2006
Source Own work
Author Hectonichus https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hectonichus
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Serranidae_-_Epinephelus_spilotoceps.jpg
Epinephelus spilotoceps, commonly called foursaddle grouper among various other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Serranidae. This grouper is widespread in Indo-West-Pacific, from East coast of Africa (Zanzibar, Tanzania to Ponta Zavora, Mozambique) to the islands of Indian and west-central Pacific but it is absent from the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. Order: Perciformes, Family: Serranidae.
