Table 2. Species composition (%) of Epinephelus spp. grouper specimens recorded from three seaways around South Sulawesi from June to October 2022

No	Species	Makassar Strait	Flores Sea	Gulf of Bone	Total
1	Epinephelus areolatus	16.14	31.08	20.99	20.25
2	Epinephelus bleekeri	2.40	0.17	2.94	2.18
3	Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus	0.34	0	0.09	0.21
4	Epinephelus coioides	9.58	1.35	11.78	8.83
5	Epinephelus corallicola	2.40	0.84	0.76	1.62
6	Epinephelus cyanopodus	0	0.17	0.09	0.06
7	Epinephelus erythrurus	0.11	0	0.47	0.21
8	Epinephelus fasciatus	13.75	22.80	5.13	12.65
9	Epinephelus faveatus	3.71	5.24	12.63	6.74
10	Epinephelus fuscoguttatus	1.31	0	0.57	0.85
11	Epinephelus heniochus	0.06	0	0	0.03
12	Epinephelus longispinis	0	0.17	0	0.03
13	Epinephelus macrospilos	0	0.51	0.09	0.12
14	Epinephelus maculatus	3.08	3.89	3.13	3.24
15	Epinephelus malabaricus	1.08	0.51	0.38	0.77
16	Epinephelus melanostigma	0.17	0	0	0.09
17	Epinephelus miliaris	0.29	0.51	0.09	0.26
18	Epinephelus ongus	21.16	13.01	21.08	19.72
19	Epinephelus polyphekadion	1.03	0.68	0.57	0.82
20	Epinephelus quoyanus	17.28	13.34	16.71	16.42
21	Epinephelus rivulatus	0	4.56	0	0.79
22	Epinephelus sexfasciatus	6.05	0.51	2.37	3.94
23	Epinephelus undulosus	0.06	0.68	0.09	0.18
n		1,753	592	1,053	3,398
Number of species		19	18	19	23