Highfin Grouper

Scientific Name: Epinephelus maculatus
Family: Groupers - Serranidae
Maximum Size: 60cm
Identification: Brownish gray to brown covered with dark brown polygonal spots; pair of prominent white saddles on forehead and middle of back.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Often on open sand at base of reefs in coastal, lagoon and outer reefs in 2-100m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - E. Africa to Samoa, north to S.W. Japan.