Epinephelus fuscoguttatus aquamaps.
Brown marbled grouper.
Improvement of growth traits of this species contributes to the development of grouper breeding.
Brown marbled grouper is an apex predator from coral reefs of the indo pacific region.
The brown marbled grouper or tiger grouper epinephelus fuscoguttatus is a benthic marine fish which belongs to the family serranidae or also known as the groupers.
Brown marbled grouper epinephelus fuscoguttatus is not only an important commercial fish species but also an important crossbreeding parent in grouper industry.
One of family serranidae species the brown marbled grouper epinephelus fuscoguttatus forsskal is also important species for aquaculture and widely distributed in the indo pacific region and the red sea heemstra and randall 1993 and is considered a threatened species that is heavily fished for the live fish trade this fish has been listed as the nearly threatened opecies by the iucn red lists.
The marbled grouper dermatolepis inermis donkey fish mutton hamlet rockhind and sicklefish grouper is a species of marine ray finned fish a grouper from the subfamily epinephelinae which is part of the family serranidae which also includes the anthias and sea basses.
Adequate supply of good quality seed at present has become a bottleneck for grouper farming due to the rapid expansion of aquaculture practices.
Brown marbled grouper add your observation in fish watcher native range all suitable habitat point map year 2100 this map was computer generated and has not yet been reviewed.
Consumption of this grouper was responsible for several large outbreaks of ciguatera in the region.