Dot-dash grouper
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The dot-dash grouper also lives in shallower waters nearer the equator.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Dot-dash grouper
- Scientific name
- Epinephelus poecilonotus
- Japanese name
- イヤゴハタ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Serranidae
- Genus
- Epinephelus
It lives from the Izu Islands to the Pacific side of Kyushu, and in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific.
How the Dot-dash grouper lives
It eats fish and crustaceans.
Museums VictoriaBasic data
- Range
- Pacific side from the Izu Islands to Kyushu and the Indo-West Pacific
Where the Dot-dash grouper has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
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Names around the world
- 日本語
- イヤゴハタ
- 简体中文
- 琉璃石斑鱼
- 繁體中文
- 琉璃石斑魚
- 한국어
- 닻줄바리
- Español
- Mero Punto Y Linea
- Français
- Merou Morse
- Português (Brasil)
- Garoupa-ponto-e-linha
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — イヤゴハタChecked: 2026-11-04
- Museums Victoria — Dot-dash Grouper, Epinephelus poecilonotusChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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