Brown-spotted Grouper
Epinephelus chlorostigma
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 17 diving areas across 13 countries and 5 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 13 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 3 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 10 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 6 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 5 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 4 records
- Hurghada, Egypt - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 1 records