Roving Coral Grouper

Scientific Name: Plectropomus pessuliferus
Family: Groupers - Serranidae
Maximum Size: 120cm
Identification: Brown to orange-red or olive with numerous small dark-edged round and vertically elongate blue spots; may display 5-6 dark bars on upper body.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Coastal, platform and outer reefs in 10-147m.
Location: Indian Ocean - Red Sea and E. Africa to Sumatra in Indonesia, but one individual recorded from Fiji in the Pacific.