Epinephelus guttatus

ΑγγλικάScales cycloid except for a ctenoid patch of variable size in the pectoral region. Greenish gray to light brown on the back grading to white ventrally, with numerous well-spaced dull orange-red to brown spots on the head, body and fins. Five faint diagonal bars formed by darker spots on the sides. No saddle-shaped blotch on caudal peduncle or along base of dorsal fin (Ref. 26938); further characterized by having body depth contained 2.7-3.1 times in standard length; head length 2.3-2.4 times in standard length; evenly serrate preopercle, without salient angle; posterior nostril larger than anterior nostril (Ref. 89707).

• Epinephelus cubanus Poey, 1865
• Serranus catus Valenciennes, 1828
• Serranus maculosus Valenciennes, 1828
• Perca guttata Linnaeus, 1758
• Serranus stathouderi Vaillant & Bocourt, 1878
• Holocentrus punctatus Bloch, 1790
• Serranus arara Valenciennes, 1828