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Bony fish

Coney

Cephalopholis fulva

Also known as: Butterfish, Cod, Coney Grouper, Deady, Hind, Lemon-yellow Butterfish, Negrofish, Rockcod, Rockhind, Small Grouper, Trout, Yellowfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@jasonquetel · St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands · May 20141 / 17
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Overview

Found singly, hiding during the day in caves and under ledges, dispersing at night hunting for food, over deep, clear water, coral reefs. Colour varies greatly.

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.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
  • Country only · 17
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Found singly, hiding during the day in caves and under ledges, dispersing at night hunting for food, over deep, clear water, coral reefs.

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Adult photos 17

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusCephalopholis
    7. speciesCephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758)

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)