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Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21Īllen, G.R. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.Īllen, G.R. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Type locality: Jeddah, Red Sea.Įpinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål 1775) ReferencesĪllen, G.R. Perca summana fuscoguttata Forsskål 1775, Descriptiones Animalium: 42. The species is heavily fished in parts of its range. Small juveniles (<8 cm) have small hexagonal spots on the head and body that becoming larger posteriorly and on vertical fins.

Rock cod series#

Scales in adults mostly cycloid, ctenoid in juveniles body with auxiliary scales.īody pale yellowish-brown with five vertical series of irregular dark brown blotches head, body and fins with numerous close-set, small brown spots caudal peduncle with small black saddle dorsally. Juveniles occur in seagrass beds.īody moderately deep, greatest depth 2.6-2.9 in SL head length 2.3-2.5 times in SL interorbital flat or slightly concave dorsal head profile of adults indented at eyes and distinctly convex from there to origin of dorsal fin preopercle rounded, finely serrate upper edge of operculum distinctly convex, descending almost vertically to rear end of operculum anterior edge of preorbital bone deeply indented below nostrils posterior nostrils triangular, 4-7 times larger than anterior nostrils in adults maxilla extending well posterior to eye' Lower jaw with 3-4 rows of teeth on midlateral part, inner teeth twice as long as outer teeth canines inconspicuous. Inhabits lagoon pinnacles, channels, and outer reef slopes in clear coral-rich areas. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-west-central Pacific. Kendrew Island, Western Australia, to One Tree Island, Queensland, including Hibernia Reef in the Timor Sea also Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean, and the Lord Howe Island region in the Tasman Sea. Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål 1775) More Info