Speckled Grouper

Scientific Name: Epinephelus cyanopodus
Family: Groupers - Serranidae
Maximum Size: 120cm
Identification: Pale bluish gray; profuse small black spots on head, body and fins. Juveniles and sub-adults have black margin on tail and black ventral fin tips.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Lagoons and outer reefs over sand bottoms near patch reefs to 150m.
Location: West Pacific - S. China Sea and Marshall Is. in Micronesia to Fiji. S.W. Japan to Australia.

Potato Grouper

Scientific Name: Epinephelus tukula
Family: Groupers - Serranidae
Maximum Size: 200cm
Identification: Huge; pale grayish with large round to ovate dark gray or blackish blotches on body; dark gray bands and blotches on head, spoke-like markings radiating from eye.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Coastal, lagoon and seaward reefs in 5-150m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Great Barrier Reef, north to S.W. Japan.

Palemargin Grouper

Scientific Name: Epinephelus bontoides
Family: Groupers - Serranidae
Maximum Size: 30cm
Identification: Gray-brown with scattered reddish brown to black spots; fins dark gray with narrow pale margins.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Sheltered coastal reefs over mud, rock or cobble bottoms in 2-30m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Taiwan, Indonesia and Philippines to New Britain east of Papua New Guinea.