Brown Barred Grouper
Alternative names: Brown-banded Grouper, Brown-barred Grouper, Charcoal Grouper, Overcast Grouper, Indian Grouper, Chocolate Hind, Brown-banded Rockcod, Brown-barred Rockcod, Brown Coralcod, Blue-lined Coralcod
The brown-barred grouper is a species of fish widespread in the silty waters of sheltered coastal reefs in the Indo-West Pacific, from East Africa to southern India and the western Pacific, including Japan's Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan and China, as well as south to New Caledonia and northern Australia. It lives in depths ranging from 4 to 30 meters.
The brown-barred grouper, also known as the chocolate snapper, can reach a length of around 26 centimeters. Its body has a brownish to greenish grey hue with dusky vertical bands. The fish also has white margins and black sub-margins on the median fins, while its caudal fin is rounded and its scales are ctenoid including on its abdomen.