These fish also grow to huge proportions. They are wide ranging but also are quite territorial. We have a few spots around Wilderness Island where there are residents over 50kg.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Epinephelus
Species: E. Malabaricus

As deep as 60m, in lagoons, mangrove swamps, reefs and sand bottoms.

A voracious predator feeding on fish, crustaceans and occasionally cephalopods