Author: (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
FBname: Marbled coralgrouper
Comments: Usually found in shallow water (less than 10 m), however, Kyushin et al. (1977, Ref. 6894) reported specimens caught on a vertical longline at depths of 45 to 62 m.  Solitary or in small groups.  Often drifts well above the bottom (Ref. 9710).  Feeds exclusively on fishes (parrotfishes, wrasses, holocentrids, acanthurids, a triggerfish, and a juvenile <i>Sphyraena</i>) (Ref. 6448).  Also caught with trawls.