Darwin Grouper

Distinguished by the following characteristics: yellowish brown body color, shading to yellowish ventrally; small faint irregular pale spots scattered over the head and body; yellowish brown dorsal and caudal fin with black posterior margin; traces of white line along the distal margin of soft dorsal and anal fins; distally blackish pectoral and pelvic fins; depth of body contained 2.8 times in SL; head length 2.6 times in SL; convex interorbital area; almost straight dorsal head profile; rounded preopercle angle with shallow indentation above angle and without enlarged serrae; straight upper edge of operculum; maxilla reaching almost to vertical at rear edge of eye; posterior nostrils 2.5 times larger than anterior nostrils; posteriorly rounded maxilla, with prominent angle on lower edge; small anterior canines in jaws; 3-4 rows of small teeth on midlateral part of lower jaw (Ref. 89707).

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8

Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). Only a single specimen has been caught by hook and line at a depth of 107 m (Ref. 5222). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

fisheries: of no interest