Cloudy Grouper

Scientific Name: Epinephelus erythrurus
Family: Groupers - Serranidae
Maximum Size: 43cm
Identification: Dark gray with irregular pale spots and blotches randomly joined to form maze-like pattern.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Turbid harbours and estuaries with muddy or silty-sand bottoms in 1-20m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Pakistan, Laccadive Is. off India to Malaysian Peninsula and W. Indonesia.

Blacktip Grouper

Scientific Name: Epinephelus fasciatus
Family: Groupers - Serranidae
Maximum Size: 40cm
Identification: Highly variable from pale to medium greenish gray, reddish yellow or brown and scarlet; often with 5-6 dark bars of variable intensity, black tips on spinous dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Coastal, lagoon and seaward reefs in 3-160m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Pitcaim Is. east of French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.

Blacksaddle Grouper

Scientific Name: Epinephelus howlandi
Family: Groupers - Serranidae
Maximum Size: 44cm
Identification: Blotched pale gray and brownish gray with brownish black spots on head, body and fins; dark saddles on back and upper tail base, white margin on dorsal, anal and tail fins.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Lagoon and outer reefs in 1-37m.
Location: West Pacific - S. China Sea to Samoa. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.