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Updated 4/21/2019

Family Serranidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

Cromileptes altivelis

Waikiki Aquarium

Misool, Indonesia

HUMPBACK GROUPER or PANTHERFISH

Uncommon on coral reefs at scuba depths.  Attains 26 inches.  Aquarium releases seen in Hawaii.  Central Indian Ocean to Southern Japan, Guam, Palau, New Caledonia, and Australia.