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Common Name: blacktip grouper
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification:
Dorsal rays XI (15-17); anal rays III (7-8), pectoral rays 18-20; lateral-line scales 49-75. Scale counts and colouration variable within the extensive range -- at least 6 morphologically distinct populations known (Randall and Heemstra 1991; Heemstra and Randall 1993).
Size: 40.0 cm TL; max.weight: 2,000.0 g.
Native Range: Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean to western Australia, and in the Pacfic from Japan and Korea to southern Queensland and Lord Howe Island and eastward to the Pitcairn Islands (Randall and Heemstra 1991; Heemstra and Randall 1993).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: In 1958, 51 fish from the Marquesas were stocked in marine waters off the island of Oahu, Hawaii (Maciolek 1984). These fish failed to establish (Mundy 2005).
Ecology:
Feeds on fishes and crustaceans (e.g., brachyuran crabs). Occurs on coral reefs or rocky substrata over a variety of depths. It is common in shallow water, but also recorded from up to 160 m. From Randall and Heemstra 1991.
Means of Introduction: Intentionally stocked.
Status:
Failed.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks:
Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall. 1993. FAO Species Catalogue Vol. 16. Groupers of the World (Family Serranidae, Subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, No. 125, Vol. 16. Rome, FAO 382 pp.
Mundy, B. C. 2005. Fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology, Number 6.
Randall, J. E. and P. C. Heemstra. 1991. Revision of Indo-Pacific groupers (Perciformes: Serranidae: Epinephelinae), with description of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes, No. 20. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI.
Russell, B.C. and W. Houston. 1989. Offshore fishes of the Arafura Sea. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 6(1):69-84.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Pamela J. Schofield and Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 3/1/2006 Citation for this information:
Pamela J. Schofield and Pam Fuller. 2009. Epinephelus fasciatus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=967> Revision Date: 3/1/2006
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