Author: (Valenciennes, 1830)
FBname: Netfin grouper
Comments: Found in a variety of habitats. Solitary (Ref 90102). Juveniles (8-21 cm SL) have been taken from mud bottoms, seagrass beds, mangrove swamps, and from coral reefs in depths of 1 to 16 m; adults in coral reefs at depths of 18 to 180 m (Ref. 89707).  Stomach contents reported to include juvenile clappid crab, a stomatopod, and a gastropod (Ref. 6448).