FOURSADDLE GROUPER
Epinephelus spilotoceps
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Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 16; Anal spines: 3 - 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 8. Preopercle rounded, with a shallow notch; the serrae are enlarged but covered with skin; upper edge of the operculum almost straight. The head and body mostly covered with close-set dark brown, olive, or reddish brown spots. Those on the dorsolateral parts of the head, body, and on median fins polygonal and close-set, with the interspaces forming a white reticulum. Those on the ventral portions are more rounded, more separated and often more reddish. Three dark blotches are often visible at the base of the dorsal fin and one forming a saddle blotch on the caudal peduncle. These blotches differentiates it from E. merra and E. quoyanus (Ref. 5222). Small conspicuous dark spots on snout and sometimes between or below the eyes (Ref. 37816).
Max size: 35 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 30874)
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