Giant Grouper - Epinephelus lanceolatus
This Giant Grouper -Epinephelus lanceolatus was massive, easily 2.5 meters length.
In this picture, the Grouper was swimming and/or hiding among the school of Big-eyed Trevally.
It surely looks like a very old fish as its tails are quite worn.
The giant grouper, also known as the brindlebass, brown spotted cod, or bumblebee grouper, and as the Queensland groper in Australia, is the largest bony fish found in coral reefs, and the aquatic emblem of Queensland, Australia. It is found from near the surface to depths of 100 m at reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific region, with the exception of the Persian Gulf. It also enters estuaries. It reaches up to 2.7 m in length and 400 kg in weight; there are unconfirmed reports of it growing much.. more
