6468 Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790) Epinephelidae Groupers Perciformes/Serranoidei Teleostei Giant grouper Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to Algoa Bay, South Africa and eastward to the Hawaiian and Pitcairn islands, north to southern Japan, south to Australia. Absence in the Persian Gulf is puzzling. IGFA 7 S 40 E Epinephelus lanceolatus FB 2741344 Oligorus goliath AMNH 21586 1961 Epinephelus lanceolatus AMNH 98749 1993 Epinephelus lanceolatus FISH 387500 5 S 150 E 1994 Epinephelus lanceolatus FISH 387671 19 N 85 E 1995 Promicrops lanceolatus 3 n 106 e 2002 Epinephelus lanceolatus