6440 Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790) Epinephelidae Groupers Perciformes/Serranoidei Teleostei Whitespotted grouper Indo-Pacific: East Africa south to East London, South Africa and east to Fiji. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797). It is not known from the Red Sea, but it does occur in the Persian Gulf. Record from northwestern Australia (Ref. 3132) is doubtful. It is closely related to, and is often confused with, three other white-spotted species: Epinephelus ongus, Epinephelus summana, and Epinephelus corallicola. 13 N 120 E Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus FB 2741292 Serranus hoevenii AMS I.13960 15 S 145 E AMS I.18837-001 32 S 152 E ZMH 13871 Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus ZMH 13872 Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus ZMH 13874 Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus ZMH 13875 1908 Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus ZMH 13876 1911 Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus AMNH 214133 1994 Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus FISH 386865 5 S 150 E 1994 Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus NMI 12466 2003 Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus

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