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By Bob Fenner	Epinephelus fasciatus

Species/Notes of Interest to Aquarists:

If you think you've seen a Bass species before, you probably have seen an a member of the genus Epinephelus. With some one hundred and one described species, this is a super-genus.

Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck 1765), the Rock Hind. West Atlantic. To about twenty four inches in length in the wild. Shy, but occasionally collected for the aquarium interest. This one in the Bahamas.

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Epinephelus bontoides (Bleeker 1855) Palemargin Grouper. To 30 cm. Western Pacific. Bali 2014

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Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus (Bloch 1790), the White- or Smallspotted Grouper. Indo-Pacific. Often confused and sold as/with, E. ongus, E. summana, E. corallicola. To thirty inches in length in the wild. This one photographed in the Maldives.

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Epinephelus corallicola (Valenciennes 1828), the Coral Grouper. Western Pacific. To eighteen inches in length. One of the most common Basses used in the aquarium hobby. Shy and retiring, this fish needs a dark space to escape to and sleep in to feel comfortable. Aquarium image.

Epinephelus cruentatus: see Cephalopholis cruentata

Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskal 1775), the Blacktip Grouper. You might think "fasciated" might be a better common name for this Bass, until seeing how changeable its coloring is in the wild. Indo-Pacific. to sixteen inches maximum length. Indo-Pacific;  At right, one in Nuku Hiva, Marquesas. Images below: first taken at Australia, the other two in the upper Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

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Epinephelus flavocaeruleus (Lacepede 1802), the Blue and Yellow Grouper. Indian Ocean, but not the Red Sea. To almost three feet in length in the wild. This one photographed in the Wilhelma Aquarium, Stuttgart, Germany at about two feet in length.

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