Appearance
The gold-blotch grouper grows up 1.4 m SL. The striped juveniles look strikingly different from adult fish, such that they were considered different species until 1882.
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Goldblotch Grouper
Epinephelus costae, (Steindachner, 1878)
marine
About Goldblotch Grouper
Epinephelus costae, the gold-blotch grouper, is a marine ray-finned fish in the grouper family Epinephelidae. It occurs in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, where it can be found in shallow coastal waters.
Habitat
The gold-blotch grouper can be found in shallow coastal waters, usually at depths of less than 80 m. However, it may venture to depths of up to 200 m.
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