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Common Name: star-spotted grouper
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Heemstra and Randall (1993).
Size: 26.0 cm NG.
Native Range: Indo-West Pacific: none have been taken on the African coast, except
for the specimen recorded by Randall and Heemstra (1991) from Kenyan
coast north of Kilifi Creek. Found in most tropical Indo-Pacific
islands. Absent in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf (Heemstra and Randall
1993).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Introduced into marine waters off Oahu and Mauai, Hawaii, in 1956 (Maciolek 1984).
Means of Introduction: At least 978 fish were intentionally stocked (Maciolek 1984).
Status: The species failed to become established.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: None.
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.
Randall, J.E. and P.C. Heemstra, 1991 Revision of Indo-Pacific groupers (Perciformes: Serranidae: Epinephelinae), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes (20):332 p.
Other Resources:
Species Summary for Epinephelus hexagonatus Starspotted grouper (FishBase)
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 12/5/2003 Citation for this information:
Pam Fuller. 2009. Epinephelus hexagonatus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=969> Revision Date: 12/5/2003
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