| Citation | Craig, M.T., YJ. Sadovy de Mitcheson and P.C. Heemstra, 2011, Groupers of the world: a field and market guide.. North America: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group. 356 p. |
| Ref. | 89707 Craig, M.T., YJ. Sadovy de Mitcheson and P.C. Heemstra, 2011 |
| Page | 85 |
| Named Used as Valid | Epinephelus areolatus |
| Comment | Habitat: |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and the Persian Gulf of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), extending east to Fiji, north to Japan, and south to the Arafura Sea and northern Australia; also from Tonga |
| Quote | Seagrasas beds or on silty sand bottoms around isolated small rock outcrops, dead coral or soft coral in depths of 2-200 m |