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Created 4/3/2020
Family Serranidae
INDO-PACIFIC
Plectropomus areolatus
SQUARETAIL GROUPER
Locally common on coral reefs. Changes color pattern at will, broad bars or plain, ocellated blue spots, dark caudal fin margins with fine white trailing edge. Attains 32 inches. Red Sea to Japan and Samoa.