Gobro

Name : Epinephelus malabaricus

Class : Actinopterygii

Order : Perciformes

Family : SerranidaeĀ 

Description :

The colour of body is light grey to yellowish brown; Five slightly oblique dark brown bars bifurcate ventrally; A number of small black spots and blotches in head and body; Caudal fin is rounded; Flat or slightly convex interorbital area; Maxilla reaches to or past vertical at the farthest of eye; Teeth is in 2-5 rows of on midlateral part of lower jaw

Size

Maximum length: 146.3 cm TL; common length: 70-100 cm TL

Diet

Feed fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans

Utilization

It is utilised in fresh/chilled and frozen forms

Gears

Trawl, hook-and-line, spear and gillnet