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Scientific Name	**Epinephelus coioides** (Hamilton, 1822)
Common Name	Orange-spotted Grouper
Type Locality	Large Gangetic estuaries, India.
Synonym(s)	Bola coioides, Bola colioides, Cephalopholis nebulosus, Epinephelus coiodes, Epinephelus nebulosus, Epinephelus suillus, Homalogrystes guntheri, Serranus nebulosus, Serranus suillus
Etymology	Epinephelus: Greek, epinephelos = cloudy.
Species Information
Size	1200mm or 47.2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea south to at least Durban, South Africa and eastward to Palau and Fiji, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the Arafura Sea and Australia. Recently reported from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Frequently misidentified as Epinephelus tauvina or Epinephelus malabaricus.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2016.
Other Parameters	Lives in marine and brackish waters.
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges, pp 82, 369.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:51 (species record created: 2014 Nov 13 23:19)