Description
Also known as Blue-spotted Hind, Cod, Coral Trout, Hind, Orange-spotted Cod, Orange-spotted Grouper, Orange-spotted Rockcod, Orange-spotted Sea Bass, Red Coral Cod, Red Coral Trout, Red Grouper, Red Rockcod, Rockcod, Tomato Cod, Tomato Hind, Tomato Rockcod, Tomato Sea Bass, Trout, White-blotched Grouper.
Found singly, over rocky substrates, around bommies with holes for cover, frequently found at shrimp cleaning stations, over deep lagoon reefs and steep outer reef slopes.
They feed on crustaceans and small fish.
Juveniles found around coral heads and sponges.
Length - 57cm
Depth - 10-150m
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. (edit)
Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/6454
1 comment
Posted by KentThis is not C. sonnerai. This fish is Cephalopholis nigripinnis