White-streaked grouper

Epinephelus ongus

"Epinephelus ongus", commonly called White-streaked grouper or Specklefin grouper among various other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Serranidae. The White-streaked grouper is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific area from the eastern coast of Africa to the Tonga Islands but is not present in the Red Sea.
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Appearance

This grouper is a medium sized fish, it can grow up to 40 centimetres length.

Groupers, as other fish, have usually a number of parasites. Not much is known about the parasitological fauna of the white-streaked grouper. In New Caledonia, it has a diplectanid monogenean on its gills, "Pseudorhabdosynochus quadratus", which is specific to it.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderPerciformes
FamilyEpinephelidae
GenusEpinephelus
SpeciesE. ongus
Photographed in
Malaysia
Philippines