Author: (Valenciennes, 1828)
FBname: Cloudy grouper
Comments: Inhabits areas with muddy or silty-sand bottoms.  Commonly trawled (Ref. 48635).  Nothing has been published on its biology.  A 16.3 cm SL fish was found to have ripe ova. Solitary, also found in turbid harbours and estuaries (Ref 90102).