Grouper
Epinephelus areolatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Epinephelus
Where to Find
Found in 39 diving areas across 28 countries and 6 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 12 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 3 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 2 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 16 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 15 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 3 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 4 records
- Hurghada, Egypt - 4 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 18 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 6 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 20 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 11 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 3 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 3 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 4 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 6 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 3 records