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Malabar Grouper

Epinephelus malabaricus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 3, February 6, March 2, April 4, May 4, June 4, July 8, August 7, September 4, October 6, November 8, December 5.
Australia61
Queensland43
New South Wales10
Western Australia6
China5
India5
Taiwan4
Taiwan Province3
South Africa2
Northern Territory2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPerches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
FamilyGroupers · Epinephelidae
GenusEpinephelus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Malabar Grouper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.