| Citation | Craig, M.T., YJ. Sadovy de Mitcheson and P.C. Heemstra, 2011, Groupers of the world: a field and market guide.. North America: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group, xix, 356 p., A47 pages appendix. |
| Ref. | Craig, M.T., YJ. Sadovy de Mitcheson and P.C. Heemstra, 2011 |
| Page | 112 |
| Named Used as Valid | Epinephelus coioides |
| Comment | Habitat: |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Red Sea and south to at least Durban (South Africa), eastwards to Palau and Fiji, north to the RYukyuIslands (Japan) and south to the Arafura Sea and northern Australia; also through the Suez Canal to the eastern Mediterranean |
| Quote | Shallow reefs and lagoons with brackish and/or turbid waters in depths to at least 30 m |