Andaman Hind

Cephalopholis polyspila

Cephalopholis polyspila is a solitary, reef-associated fish found in mixed coral and rubble in SE Asia
Starry Grouper-Cephalopholis polyspila Brown with blue spots and red eyes. Seen in South rock, Lankayan Island, Borneo. Cephalopholis polyspila,Fall,Geotagged,Malaysia,Starry Grouper,cephalopholis,grouper

Appearance

About 180mm long.
Dark reddish brown base, paler below, dotted evenly all over with tiny crisp white spots.

Distribution

SE Asian waters to Indian ocean, Indonesia

Habitat

Coral reefs

References:

Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.

http://eol.org/pages/208948/maps
http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-polyspila.html
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/132803/0
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderPerciformes
FamilyEpinephelidae
GenusCephalopholis
SpeciesCephalopholis polyspila
Photographed in
Malaysia