Honeycomb Grouper
Epinephelus merra
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 83 diving areas across 36 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 7 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 7 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 68 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 19 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 42 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 8 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 122 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 158 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 106 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 20 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 19 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 90 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 14 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 22 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 97 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 21 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 5 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 10 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 22 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 48 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 108 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 172 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 16 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 4 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 48 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 93 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 19 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 19 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 75 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 19 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 51 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 14 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 11 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 21 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 5 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 9 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 11 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 10 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 11 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 6 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 10 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 8 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 8 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 22 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 25 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 7 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 6 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 7 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 40 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 12 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 6 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 11 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 7 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 5 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 5 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 3 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 12 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 146 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 9 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 2 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 4 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 32 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 39 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 19 records