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Created 3/28/2020

Family Serranidae

WESTERN PACIFIC

Epinephelus howlandi

 

Kuata, Fiji, 5 feet

  

BLACKSADDLE GROUPER

Uncommon on rocky reefs.  Black midbody spot below dorsal fin and caudal peduncle, white posterior fin margins.  Attains 22 inches.  Okinawa to NSW, Micronesia and Samoa.