Location: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Hexagon Grouper
Epinephelus hexagonatus
Hexagon Grouper
Also known as: Wirenet Rockcod
Category: Groupers
Scientific Name: Epinephelus hexagonatus
Size: Up to 10 in. (25 cm)
Depth: 10-130 ft. (3-40 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Great Barrier Reef, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Perciformes (Order)
└Percoidei (Suborder)
└Epinephelidae (Family)
└Epinephelus (Genus)
└E. hexagonatus (Species)
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