Fish
Malabar Rockcod
Epinephelus malabaricus
A large estuary-and-reef grouper, pale brown and peppered with well-separated dark spots over broad, oblique body bars.
Also known as malabar
- Habitat
- Reef, rocky ground and estuaries
The Malabar rockcod is pale grey to yellowish brown, covered with small, sharply defined blackish-brown spots along with scattered larger, diffuse pale spots and blotches. Five irregular, slightly oblique broad dark bars cross the body, and the mouth reaches back past the eye.
It is a robust grouper that holds to reef and rocky ground, one of the larger rockcod a diver is likely to encounter along the east coast.