Description

Also known as Barred-chest Grouper, Bigspot Rockcod, Cod, Coral Cod, Hind, Large-spotted Rockcod, Longfin Grouper, Reef Cod, Rockcod, Snubnose Rockcod, Trout.

Found singly, over deep lagoons and outer reef slopes, of oceanic and seaward reefs.
They feed on crustaceans and fish.
Length - 50cm
Depth - 3-40m
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/Epinephelus-macrospilos