Mycteroperca rubra

Size range: 0.3-1 m

Common size: 0.8 (but here they are often smaller!)

Habitat: Specify the title (Hard, Soft or Vegetation) and the type:

• Hard - rocky

Depth range:

• 15-50 m

* Juveniles can be found also in littoral zones.

Water column position:

• Supra-benthic

Colors & patterns:

• Usually reddish brown, sometimes mottled with black or pale grey spots with black streak above maxilla. lower jew very prominent. tail slightly concave with pointed tips.
• Juveniles - have black saddle blotch on peduncle. the lines on their body seems slightly more defined than the adult don't confuse with Epinephelus costea.

Behavior:

1. Whether the species is:

• Reef-associated - related to sites it inhabits

2. Activity: (??)

• Diurnal
• Nocturnal
• Both

3. Approach:

• Shy
• Indifferent

Schooling characteristics:

• Solitary
• Small (or medium) groups

Native/Exotic: Native

EM notes: description of special east Mediterranean characteristics.

Epinephelus marginatus

Epinephelus costae