Description
Also known as Chestnut Grouper, Cod, Hind, Masked Rockcod, Red-edged Cod, Red-edged Grouper, Red-edged Rockcod, Rockcod, Slenderspine Grouper, Slenderspine Rockcod, Thinspine Grouper, Thinspine Rockcod, Trout, White-edged Grouper, White-margined Grouper, White-margined Rockcod, Whitesquare Cod, Whitesquare Grouper, Whitesquare Rockcod, Window Grouper, Window Rockcod.
Found singly or in small schools, hovering in mid-water over channels and reef slopes, of outer reefs.
They feed on fish.
Juveniles brightly coloured with red margins resembling basslets.
Length - 40cm
Depth - 6-120m
Widespread Indo-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/Gracila-albomarginata.html
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