This video explains step by step about the seed production of Hybrid grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus X Epinephelus lanceolatus) in captivity. This species also commonly known as Sabah grouper or pearl grouper.

Hybrid grouper is a new type of grouper. The first hybrid grouper is cross-bred by researches from Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Malaysia, in collaboration among researchers of the Borneo Marine Research Institute of UMS, the Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia (LKIM) and Kindai University of Japan, represented by Professor Dr. Shigeharu Senoo of UMS.

The first hybrid grouper was produced by fertilising the eggs of the tiger grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) with the sperm of the giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) through the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) technique.

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