Grouper

Distinguished by the following characteristics: tan body color with 5 oblique dark-edged pale bands; dark bands with scattered small black spots and pale blotches, especially dorsally; pale interspaces with small dark brown spots, mainly arranged in series along the middle of the interspaces; adults with dark brown line from the lower edge of the eye to the edge of the subopercle; faint dark band along the maxillary groove and continuing to the edge of the interopercle; dorsal fin and caudal fin covered with small dark spots; juveniles dark brown with black-edged pale brown bands enclosing numerous small black spots; body depth contained 2.6-3.0 times in SL; head length 2.1-2.3 times in SL; nearly flat interorbital, dorsal head profile slightly convex; 2-5 distinctly enlarged serrae on preopercle angle; upper edge of operculum almost straight; adults posterior nostril diameter 2-3 times that of anterior nostrils; maxilla reaches to or past vertical at rear edge of eye; 2 rows of teeth on midlateral part of lower jaw (Ref. 89707).

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8

Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). Adults are found at depths between 80 to 383 m; juveniles in 18 to 20 m (Ref. 5222). Attain 70 cm TL (Ref. 58472). The species is apparently rare (Ref. 5222).

Adults are found at depths between 80 to 383 m; juveniles in 18 to 20 m (Ref. 5222), over hard substrates (Ref. 89707). The species is apparently rare (Ref. 5222).

fisheries: minor commercial; price category: very high; price reliability: questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus

分布於印度-西太平洋區，西起紅海，北至日本，南至巴布新幾內亞。台灣南部海域有產。

棲所較深，產量不多，為非主要經濟性之食用魚。一般漁法以延繩釣、陷阱法及一支釣等捕獲。紅燒食用佳。

體長橢圓形，側扁而粗壯，標準體長為體高之2.6-3.0倍。頭背部斜直；眶間區平坦。眼小，短於吻長。口大；上下頜前端具小犬齒或無，兩側齒細尖，下頜約2列。鰓耙數8-9+16-18。前鰓蓋骨後緣具2-5個鋸齒，下緣光滑。鰓蓋骨後緣具3扁棘。體被細小櫛鱗；側線鱗孔數52-66；縱列鱗數102-120。背鰭鰭棘部與軟條部相連，無缺刻，具硬棘XI，軟條13-15；臀鰭硬棘III枚，軟條8；腹鰭腹位，末端延伸不及肛門開口；胸鰭圓形，中央之鰭條長於上下方之鰭條，且長於腹鰭，但短於後眼眶長；尾鰭圓形。體呈淺褐色，體側具5條暗色斜橫帶，橫帶於腹部分叉，橫帶內具淡色斑；體側另具黑色小點；頭部於眼下方具3條暗色細紋。

主要棲息於較深之岩礁區，幼魚一般棲息深度在18-20公尺間，成魚則在80-383公尺間。以魚類、甲殼類及軟體動物為食。

Adults are known from depths of 80 to 383 m; juveniles have been found in 18 to 20 m. The species is apparently rare.