AREOLATE GROUPER

Epinephelus areolatus


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Ecology and Distribution

Ecology

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Environment: reef-associated; marine; depth range 6 - 200 m

tropical; 35°N - 33°S; 29°e - 180°e

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and the Persian Gulf to Natal, South Africa and east to Fiji, north to Japan, south to the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819) and northern Australia. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797). Appears to be absent from Micronesia, Polynesia, and most islands of the western Indian Ocean. Often confused with Epinephelus chlorostigma.