Epinephelus flavocaeruleus

Adults have yellow fins. Small juveniles about half blue, half yellow (Ref. 48635); distinguished by having sky blue color of head and body in juveniles to dark bluish violet or dark greyish blue in adults; yellow upper lip; ctenoid scales on body except cycloid scales anterodorsally above lateral line and on thorax and abdomen; body of adult with numerous auxiliary scales; moderately deep bodied, greatest depth 2.4-2.8 in SL; truncate to slightly emarginate caudal fin; pelvic fins 1.7-2.0 in head length (Ref. 90102); further characterized by having head length 2.4-2.7 times in SL; preorbital depth 6.8-8.8 times in head length for fish 36-66 cm SL; interorbital area convex; adults posterior nostrils 4-5 times larger than anterior nostrils; subangular preopercle, serrae at angle enlarged; straight to slightly convex upper edge of operculum; maxilla reaches to or slightly past vertical at rear edge of eye; 2-4 rows of teeth on midlateral part of lower jaw (Ref. 89707).

• Holocentrus flavocaeruleus Lacepède, 1802
• Serranus flavocaeruleus (Lacepède, 1802)
• Perca flavopurpurea Bennett, 1830
• Epinephelus flavo-caeruleus (Lacepède, 1802)
• Bodianus macrocephalus Lacepède, 1802
• Serranus borbonius Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
• Epinephelus flavocoeruleus (Lacepède, 1802)
• Holocentrus gymnosus Lacepède, 1802
• Holocentrus caerulescens Shaw, 1803
• Serranus borbonicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
• Serranus flavocoeruleus (Lacepède, 1802)
• Cynichthys flavopurpuratus (Bennett, 1830)