Red grouper
Red grouper, scientific name red spot grouper, mainly distributed in the Western Pacific region, including the South China Sea, Taiwan, East China Sea, South Korea and Japan. The northern, eastern and southern parts of Taiwan are very productive.
The pectoral fins of the red grouper are rounded, with the central fin longer than the upper and lower fins, and longer than the ventral fin, but shorter than the posterior orbital length; the caudal fin is rounded. The body is grayish brown; small orange, red, or orange spots are scattered on the head, sides, and odd fins; the body also has six inconspicuous dark transverse bands on the sides. Dorsal fin base with a black spot, maximum body size 50 centimeters.
The red grouper is a valuable economic fish, the production is also relatively large, the price is quite high in various places. At present, there are also more farmed red grouper, and the selling price of wild red-spotted grouper of the right size can reach 800 yuan per catty.
Green grouper
Green grouper, or point grouper, is mainly distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region, west to the east coast of Africa, the Red Sea, east to the Western Pacific Ocean, north to southern Japan, and south to Australia. It is most abundant in the western and southern waters of Taiwan.
The pectoral fins of the green spot are rounded, with the central fin longer than the upper and lower fins, and longer than the ventral fin; the caudal fin is rounded. The head and dorsal side of the body are yellowish brown, and the ventral side is pale white; the head, lateral side of the body and odd fins are scattered with many orange-brown or reddish-brown dots; the side of the body also has five inconspicuous, irregular, oblique and ventrally bifurcated dark transverse bands, the first one is on the anterior edge of the dorsal spine, and the last one is on the caudal peduncle. It can grow to a maximum length of 100 centimeters and more than 150 kilograms.
The green grouper is larger, with larger capture yields and a good amount of farmed production, and is cheaper, typically at 80 yuan per catty. Consumers most commonly see green grouper in restaurants.
Tiger grouper
Tiger grouper, the brown-spotted grouper, is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region. It is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region, from the east coast of Africa in the west to Samoa and the Fenix Islands in the east, from southern Japan in the north to Australia in the south. The pectoral fins are rounded, with the central fin longer than the upper and lower fins, and longer than the ventral fin, but shorter than the posterior orbital length; the caudal fin is rounded. The body is pale yellowish brown; there are many large irregular brown spots on the head and sides of the body; a black saddle-shaped spot on the caudal peduncle; and many small dark brown spots on the head, sides of the body, and fins; it can grow to a maximum length of 120 centimeters.
The tiger spotted is an economical food fish species, can also be used for aquarium display, thanks to its domineering name, the price is often not expensive, can reach 300 ~ 400 yuan / catty.
Rat Spot
The Rat Spot, also known as the Humpback Bass, Sharp-spouted _boy_, and Guanyin_, is mainly found in the Western Pacific Region, including Japan, Taiwan, the South China Sea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Guam, and other areas. The body is pale to greenish-brown, with many isolated round black spots of various sizes on the head, sides of the body, and on each fin; some of the spots on the sides of the body and the bases of the odd fins are covered by a single, larger dark spot. Juveniles have fewer black spots on them than adults, and they are the same size or even larger than the eyes, reaching a maximum body length of 71 centimeters.
The mouse spot is a valuable economic fish, in high demand, but rare in the market. Although there is also breeding, but the price is still high, wild and specifications of the rat spotted up to 1,000 yuan / catty.
Long pontoon (dǔn)
Long pontoon, in fact, refers to the saddle belt grouper. This fish is mainly distributed in the Indo-Pacific region, from the east coast of Africa and the Red Sea in the west to southern Japan in the north and northwestern Australia in the south.
The pectoral fins of the amberjack are rounded, with the central fin longer than the upper and lower fins, and longer than the ventral fin but shorter than the posterior orbital length; the caudal fin is rounded. The juvenile is yellow with three irregular black spots, and as it grows, the black spots are scattered with irregular white or yellow spots, as well as black spots on each fin; the large adult is dark brown, with darker fins. The dragonet is a giant among grouper, growing up to 270 centimeters and 400 kilograms.
The most common use of grouper is in aquarium displays, and because of their huge size, there are often news reports on the Internet about their exaggerated prices, which are actually more for the purpose of attracting people's attention.
Pearl Gentian
Pearl Gentian Grouper, also known as Dragon Tiger Spot or Pearl Spot, is a hybrid new species of grouper bred from two grouper, Tiger Spot (female) and Dragon Pontoon (male). Its tender meat, fast growth, strong disease resistance, with a tiger spotted head, gentian tail appearance, showing the hybridization advantage, due to the pearl gentian fast growth, strong disease resistance, quickly occupy 70% of the grouper farming volume in Hainan, become the first species of grouper farming. At present, the aquaculture production is high, and the market price is 40~50 yuan/catty.
Brown banded grouper
Brown banded grouper, also known as mud class, false oil spot (Hong Kong), soil ditch dragon, distributed in the northwest Pacific region, including South Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan and other coastal. In Taiwan, it is mainly found in the southwestern coast and southern waters. The pectoral fins are rounded, with the central fin longer than the upper and lower fins, and longer than the ventral fin, but shorter than the posterior orbital length; the caudal fin is rounded. Adults have grayish-brown head and body sides, and the transverse bands and patches on the side of the body are often not visible (that is why we see the whole black), only light gray dots scattered in a line or mottled, and the lower edge of the anal fin and the lower corner of the caudal fin have a white edge; juveniles are light yellowish-brown, with six irregular dark transverse bands on the side of the body, and light patches scattered in the bands, and the tip of the dorsal spines has an orange triangular patch at the tip of the dorsal fin membrane. Because the oil content is similar to that of clouded grouper, it is also called false oil spot. Wild production is not much, Hainan Guangxi culture production is quite high. The price is low, about 150 yuan/500g.
Britt's grouper
Britt's grouper, also known as sesame spot, orange grouper, red spot _, distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region, from the Persian Gulf in the west, east to the _ Gulf, Indonesia, and northern Australia, etc.. It is found in the waters of Penghu, Taiwan. Its pectoral fins are rounded, with the central fin longer than the upper and lower fins, and longer than the ventral fin but shorter than the posterior orbital length; the caudal fin is truncate or slightly concave. Head and sides brown, reddish brown, or purplish gray with numerous orange, golden yellow, or yellow spots; dorsal and upper 1/3 of caudal fins with these spots, lower 2/3 of caudal fin dark. Juveniles have seven inconspicuous dark bands, the first two on the neck and the last one on the caudal peduncle. It is not very abundant and not well known, and is cheap, priced at around 150RMB/500g.
Blue-bodied grouper
Blue-bodied grouper, also known as money spot and blue-bodied grouper, is widely distributed in the Indo-western Pacific region, from the east coast of Africa in the west to the Red Sea, north to southern Japan and south to Australia. It is found in the northern Taiwan and Penghu waters. The pectoral fins are rounded, with the central fin longer than the upper and lower fins, and longer than the ventral fin, but shorter than the posterior orbital length; the caudal fin is rounded. The body color ranges from light gray to light brown, with blackish brown spots of different sizes, and the head has small black spots and irregular narrow lines. All fins also have black-brown markings, with those on the even fins smaller than those on the odd fins. Juveniles are similar to adults except that they are lighter in color. It can grow up to 200cm and 120kg and is an excellent food fish. It is not afraid of people and often interacts with divers and is photographed. Since it is not afraid of people, it is often caught by diving fishermen, and has been protected by national parks in South Africa and the northern Great Barrier Reef in Australia. So friendly to humans don't eat it!!!!