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Description of the Malaysian specimens. Description: E. flavocaeruleus is an incredibly colorful grouper. The adults have yellow dorsal fin, pectoral fin, pelvic fin, and anal fins (Fig. 1 a), body dark gray or purplish brown with yellow reduced to small areas on the head and margin of spinous dorsal fin, distal third of pelvic blackish margin. Upper jaw lip often yellow (Fig. 1 b). Large adults were losing all the yellow color, becoming deep blue to black, and yellow in the body. The dorsal and anal fins have a very narrow yellow margin for the fourth specimen, with 588 mm TL. Dorsal rays XI, 16 or 17; anal rays III, 8; pectoral rays 17 to 20. Morphometric and meristic traits of E. flavocaeruleus are given in Table 1. Body depth 2.27 – 2.57 in % SL; Head Length 2.46 – 2.83 in % SL; Pre-anal length 1.57 – 1.75 in % SL; Pre-orbital length 5.39 – 6.03 in % HL; Eye diameter 6.70 – 8.20 in % HL. Standard length 1.15 – 1.17 in % TL.