page_title: List of fishes of India
section_title: Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
hierarchical_section_title: List of fishes of India / Perciformes / Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
caption_attribution_description: English: Epinephelus areolatus, photo on black background, fork length 22 cm, weight 156 grams, from off Nouméa, New CaledoniaFrançais&#160;: Epinephelus areolatus, photo sur fond noir, longueur à la fourche 22 cm, poids 156 grammes, pêché à Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie
context_page_description: This is a list of the fish species found in India and is based on FishBase.
context_section_description: Aethaloperca rogaa (native), Redmouth grouper
  Anyperodon leucogrammicus (native), Slender grouper
  Aporops bilinearis (native), Blotched podge
  Aulacocephalus temminckii (native), Goldribbon soapfish
  Cephalopholis argus (native) Balufana, Peacock hind
  Cephalopholis aurantia (native), Golden hind
  Cephalopholis boenak (native), Chocolate hind
  Cephalopholis formosa (native), Bluelined hind
  Cephalopholis leopardus (native), Leopard hind
  Cephalopholis miniata (native), Coral hind
  Cephalopholis sexmaculata (native), Sixblotch hind
  Cephalopholis sonnerati (native), Tomato hind
  Cephalopholis urodeta (native), Darkfin hind
  Chelidoperca investigatoris (native)
  Cromileptes altivelis (native), Humpback grouper
  Diploprion bifasciatum (native), Barred soapfish
  Epinephelus areolatus (native), Areolate grouper
  Epinephelus bleekeri (native), Duskytail grouper
  Epinephelus chabaudi (native), Moustache grouper
  Epinephelus chlorostigma (native), Brownspotted grouper
  Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (native), Whitespotted grouper
  Epinephelus coioides (native), Orange-spotted grouper
  Epinephelus corallicola (questionable), Coral grouper
  Epinephelus diacanthus (native), Spinycheek grouper
  Epinephelus epistictus (native), Dotted grouper
  Epinephelus erythrurus (native), Cloudy grouper
  Epinephelus fasciatus (native), Blacktip grouper
  Epinephelus faveatus (native), Barred-chest grouper
  Epinephelus flavocaeruleus (native), Blue and yellow grouper
  Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (native), Brown-marbled grouper
  Epinephelus hexagonatus (native), Starspotted grouper
  Epinephelus lanceolatus (native) Bridlebass, Giant grouper
  Epinephelus latifasciatus (native), Striped grouper
  Epinephelus longispinis (native), Longspine grouper
  Epinephelus macrospilos (native), Snubnose grouper
  Epinephelus maculatus (native), Highfin grouper
  Epinephelus malabaricus (native) Malabar rockcod, Malabar grouper
  Epinephelus marginatus (questionable), Dusky grouper
  Epinephelus melanostigma (native), One-blotch grouper
  Epinephelus merra (native), Honeycomb grouper
  Epinephelus morrhua (native), Comet grouper
  Epinephelus octofasciatus (native), Eightbar grouper
  Epinephelus poecilonotus (native), Dot-dash grouper
  Epinephelus polylepis (native), Smallscaled grouper
  Epinephelus polyphekadion (native), Camouflage grouper
  Epinephelus quoyanus (native), Longfin grouper
  Epinephelus radiatus (native), Oblique-banded grouper
  Epinephelus rivulatus (native), Halfmoon grouper
  Epinephelus spilotoceps (native), Foursaddle grouper
  Epinephelus stoliczkae (native), Epaulet grouper
  Epinephelus summana (questionable), Summan grouper
  Epinephelus tauvina (native) Greasy rockcod, Greasy grouper
  Epinephelus tukula (native), Potato grouper
  Epinephelus undulosus (native), Wavy-lined grouper
  Grammistes sexlineatus (native), Sixline soapfish
  Plectropomus areolatus (native), Squaretail coralgrouper
  Plectropomus maculatus (questionable), Spotted coralgrouper
  Pogonoperca punctata (native), Spotted soapfish
  Pseudanthias cichlops (questionable)
  Pseudanthias conspicuus (native)
  Pseudanthias cooperi (native), Red-bar anthias
  Pseudanthias squamipinnis (native), Sea goldie
  Pseudogramma polyacanthum (native), Honeycomb podge
  Variola louti (native), Yellow-edged lyretail
caption: Epinephelus areolatus
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