Yellow grouper

The banded grouper or yellow grouper is a species of fish in the Serranidae family.

The Yellow grouper lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 10 - 50 m environment.

Yellow grouper were obtained from two populations (30 individuals from Xiamen and 26 individuals from Guangdong) of the South China Sea. Muscle samples from fish were taken, placed in 95% ethanol, transported to the laboratory, and stored at -20C until analysis. More

This fish is known as Blue And Yellow Grouper and the correct latin name is Epinephelus Flavocaeruleus. It belongs to the Grouper family. (e) It's origin is Indian Ocean. (e) Character and suggestions regarding care An aggressive fish which needs a lot of space for happy life. More

Common names

Ao-hata in Japanese (日本語)
Aohata in Japanese (日本語)
Banded grouper in English
Ca song den in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Cá Song gió in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Epinephelus awoara in Catalan (Català)
Gul havaborre in Danish (dansk)
Lapu-lapu in Kapampangan
Lapu-lapu in Tagalog
Lokos in Hebrew (‫עברית)
Mero amarillo in Spanish (español)
Mérou jaune in French (français)
Pla kao-bang-chare in Thai (ไทย)
Qing ban in Mandarin Chinese
Qing shí ban yú in Mandarin Chinese
Qing yì in Mandarin Chinese
To-do-ba-ri in Korean (한국어)
Wong-dang in Mandarin Chinese
Wong-paan in Mandarin Chinese
Yellow grouper in English
流氓格仔 in Mandarin Chinese
石斑 in Mandarin Chinese
糯米格 in Mandarin Chinese
过鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
過魚 in Mandarin Chinese
青石斑魚 in Mandarin Chinese
青石斑鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
鱠 in Mandarin Chinese
鲙 in Mandarin Chinese
도도바리 in Korean (한국어)

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Serranidae
Genus : Epinephelus
Species : Epinephelus awoara
Authority : Temminck and Schlegel, 1842