Hexagon Grouper
Epinephelus hexagonatus
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 45 diving areas across 27 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 20 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 20 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 3 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 6 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 9 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 9 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 31 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 7 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 8 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 64 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 13 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 4 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 9 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 26 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 35 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 2 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 34 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 2 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 3 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 6 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 8 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 5 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 8 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 6 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 12 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 54 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 40 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 3 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 3 records