Blacktip grouper
Epinephelus fasciatus
Summary 6
Epinephelus fasciatus, commonly called Blacktip grouper or Redbanded grouper among various other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Serranidae.
Biology 7
Common in outer reef slopes at depths below 15 m, also occurs in protected bays and lagoons as shallow as 4 m. May also be found down to a depth of 160 m. At Madagascar it feeds night and day on brachyuran crabs, fishes, shrimps, and galatheid crabs (Ref. 6774). In Kenyan waters it feeds on crabs, stomatopods, fishes, ophiuroids, and octopus (Ref. 6448). In the Red Sea, mostly fishes and some crustaceans (mainly crabs) are consumed (Ref. 6699).
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- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epinephelus_fasciatus
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