[Image]Scientific Name: Plectropomus maculatus
Family: Groupers - Serranidae
Maximum Size: 125cm
Identification: Red, pale gray or olive to dark brown with numerous small blue spots on body and fins; elongate blue spots on head, blue margin on tail, blue ring around eye.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Silty coastal reefs in 5-50m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Malaysian Peninsula and Philippines to Papua New Guinea and Australia.