Description

Also known as Black-dotted Cod, Cod, Coral Cod, Coral Rockcod, Coral Rock Grouper, Coral Trout, Duskyfin Grouper, Hind, Reef Cod, Rockcod, Trout.

Found singly, or in small schools, in estuaries, and over shallow silty reefs.
They feed on crustaceans and fish.
Length - 49cm
Depth - 1-30m
Widespread Western 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.se/summary/6466