25 Mariana Islands species out of 31 reported | 47 Indo-Pacific species | 9 Western Atlantic species
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Mariana Islands species are displayed by default. Click on the tags below to view additional species.
*Note that while Anyperodon leucogrammicus, Cephalopholis miniata, Cromileptes altivelis, Epinephelus corallicola, E. fuscoguttatus, and E. howlandi have been reported from the Mariana Islands, the individuals above were photographed in Palau (A. leucogrammicus, E. corallica, E. fuscoguttatus), the Philippines (C. miniata, C. altivelis), and Wallis Island (E. howlandi). The Cephalopholis sexmaculata individual above was photographed at Asuncion in the Northern Mariana Islands. I have not yet observed any of these species in the waters around Guam.
Additional grouper species reported from the Mariana Islands by Myers and Donaldson (2003):
- Cephalopholis aurantia (found deeper than 40 m)
- Cephalopholis igarashiensis (found deeper than 80 m)
- Cephalopholis leopardus
- Epinephelus lanceolatus
- Epinephelus morrhua (found deeper than 80 m)
- Hyporthodus octofasciatus (reported as Epinephelus octofasciatus; found deeper than 150 m)
- Epinephelus socialis
- Saloptia powelli (found deeper than 140 m)