The eastern star spot is expensive. Tiger spot and eastern star grouper are common grouper, of which the tiger spot scientific name of brown spotted grouper; eastern star grouper scientific name of spotted gill grouper, in the biological taxonomy belongs to the animal kingdom, phylum chordata, class Scleractinia, order perch, family grouper, gill gill grouper genus of marine fish. Tiger grouper is the most common variety of grouper and the cheapest kind of grouper, with the price usually ranging from $20 to $30 a pound; eastern star grouper is the famous variety of grouper, with the price usually ranging from $90 to $150 a pound. Therefore, the eastern star grouper is expensive.