Abu HANİF, Rajib SHARKER, Shaharior HOSSEN, Moniruzzaman BIPU

New distributional record of oblique-banded grouper, Epinephelus radiatus (Day, 1868) from the St. Martin Island, Bangladesh

Groupers are mostly found in the reef-associated marine habitat, of which some are pelagic andothers are demersal. Recently, a grouper species called Oblique-banded grouper, Epinephelus radiatus (Day, 1868) was newly reported while conducting research work on the availability of reefassociated fishes in St. Martin Island. This species had never been reported to occur not only fromthis coral reef area but also from the water area of Bangladesh. E. radiatus was easily identifiedfollowing morphological traits, especially color pattern. The findings of the present study addednew distributional range for this grouper species from Bangladeshi water.

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