Malabar grouper

Description

The Malabar grouper can reach a length up to 234 cm (92 in),but average size is usually around 100 cm (39 in).[9] It has a light grey to light brownish background color,with a number of dark brown spots randomly scattered,which increase in number with age.The body has also a various number of brown diagonal stripes.Younger fish have a number of wide,broken vertical bands of darker shade across their bodies,but in maturity they seem to become a uniform darker colour.Young fish have numerous brown spots.The tail fin is rounded.