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    (c) Lesley Clements, all rights reserved

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    (c) Ian Banks, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Deb Aston, all rights reserved

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    (c) Tim Cameron, all rights reserved

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    (c) Lesley Clements, all rights reserved

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    (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Humpback Grouper

Chromileptes altivelis

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The humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis), also known as the panther grouper, (in Australia) barramundi cod, (in the Philippines, in Tagalog) lapu-lapung senorita, (in the Philippines, in Bisayan) miro-miro, (in Japan) sarasa-hata, (in India) kalava, and many other local names, is a species of marine ray-finned fish. Specifically, it's a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae, which is in the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean.

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