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Snubnose grouper
Epinephelus macrospilos
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Snubnose grouper
- Scientific
- Epinephelus macrospilos
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Maximum size
- Up to about 51 cm (total length); max. published weight 2 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 44 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2016
Description
A pale greyish grouper with well-spaced dark brown to orange-brown spots of unequal size, white blotches under the head and a few black blotches along the back; it reaches about 51 cm. It lives on lagoon and seaward reefs, more often at oceanic islands.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Epinephelus-macrospilos.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Epinephelus_macrospilos.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.