Malabar grouper
Epinephelus malabaricus
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 38 diving areas across 22 countries and 5 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 6 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 3 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 2 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 7 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 44 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 3 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 3 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 5 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 2 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 8 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 6 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 6 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 4 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 4 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 4 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 6 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Hoi An & Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam - 2 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 6 records