Description

Also known as Blue-lined Coralcod, Boenacki Grouper, Brown Coralcod, Brown-banded Cod, Brown-banded Coralcod, Brown-banded Grouper, Brown-banded Rockcod, Brown-banded Sea Bass, Brown-barred Grouper, Brown-barred Rockcod, Charcoal Grouper, Chocolate Hind, Cod, Coral Trout, Dusty-banded Cod, Hind, Indian Grouper, Overcast Grouper, Rockcod, Trout.

Found singly, over sheltered silty dead reefs, may also be found in live corals.
They feed on crustaceans and small fish.
Length - 30cm
Depth - 1-60m
Widespread Indo-West Pacific

Groupers are solitary carnivores that hunt near the bottom usually at dusk. Food is drawn into their mouths by a powerful suction when they open their overly large mouths and then swallowed whole.
Spawning is seasonal and controlled by the moons phase. Ref: https://www.fishbase.in/summary/6444