Oneblotch grouper
Amazing fact
The oneblotch grouper has longer teeth on the inside of its lower jaw than on the outside.
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The oneblotch grouper has longer teeth on the inside of its lower jaw than on the outside.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Oneblotch grouper
- Scientific name
- Epinephelus melanostigma
- Japanese name
- スミツキハタ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Serranidae
- Genus
- Epinephelus
It lives along the Pacific coast of southern Japan, in the Ryukyu, Izu and Ogasawara Islands, and across the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
It is spotted all over, with a large black blotch at the middle of the base of its dorsal fin.
How the Oneblotch grouper lives
It also lives on shallow reef flats and in lagoons.
Museums VictoriaBasic data
- Range
- Pacific coast of southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Izu and Ogasawara Islands, and the Indo-Pacific
Where the Oneblotch 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
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- スミツキハタ
- 简体中文
- 黑点石斑鱼
- 繁體中文
- 黑點石斑魚
- Español
- Mero espaldarón
- Français
- Loche Ponctuee
- Português (Brasil)
- Garoupa-espaldar
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 — スミツキハタChecked: 2026-11-04
- Museums Victoria — Fishes of Australia — Oneblotch Grouper, Epinephelus melanostigma Schultz 1953Checked: 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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