Garrupa
Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus
- Usual depth1–27 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and October
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Ewout Knoester · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
The whitespotted grouper, also known as the rankin cod, ocellated rockcod, small-spotted cod, white-spotted reef-cod or whitespotted rockcod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It has an Indo-Pacific distribution. It is closely related to two other species of white spotted groupers in the genus Epinephelus.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Whitespotted grouper”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 41 records
- February: 34 records
- March: 51 records
- April: 52 records
- May: 53 records
- June: 38 records
- July: 28 records
- August: 28 records
- September: 52 records
- October: 58 records
- November: 51 records
- December: 49 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–27 m · Deepest record: 50 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) luluchouette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Storm Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Srichakra Pranav Tamarapalli, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) PampaSorro, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Garrupa, Ocellated Rock-cod, Ocellated Rockcod, Rock Cod, Small-spotted Cod, Small-spotted Grouper, Small-spotted Rock-cod, Small-spotted Rock Cod, Snowy Grouper, Vieille Cuisinier, Whitespotted grouper, White-spotted Grouper, White-spotted Reef-cod, White-spotted Rockcod, Whitespotted Rockcod
Names in 7 more languages
- German
- Milchstraßen-Zackenbarsch
- Spanish
- Mero Nevero, Mero Ocelado
- Filipino
- Alatan, Kaltang, Kulapo, Lapu-lapung lupot, Lubo, Sigapo
- French
- Loche à taches blanches, Merou A Taches Blanches, Merou Taches Blanches, Mérou taches blanches
- Japanese
- Hakuten-hata, Hakutenhata, ハクテンハタ
- Thai
- ปลากะรังจุดขาว
- Simplified Chinese
- 瑩點石斑魚, 白目仔, 白點石斑, 石斑, 藍點石斑魚, 螢點石斑魚, 觀音鱠, 過魚
Other scientific names: Epinephelus caeruleeopunctatus, Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus, Epinephelus caerulopunctatus, Epinephelus hoevenii, Holocentrus coeruleopunctatus, Serranus alboguttatus, Serranus dermochirus, Serranus flavoguttatus, Serranus hoevenii, Serranus kunhardtii
Similar species
Blacktip grouperEpinephelus fasciatus
Honeycomb grouperEpinephelus merra
Areolate grouperEpinephelus areolatus
Orange-spotted grouperEpinephelus coioides
Brown-marbled grouperEpinephelus fuscoguttatus
Starspotted grouperEpinephelus hexagonatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 394 open-data records from 1790 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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