Description

Also known as Cod, Coronation Trout, Hind, Lunar-tailed Grouper, Lyretail Cod, Lyretail Grouper, Lyretail Trout, Moontail Sea Bass, Painted Coral Trout, Rockcod, Trout, White-edge Coronation Trout, White-edged Lunartail, White-edged Lyretail Cod, White-fringed Moontail Bass, Whitemargin Lyretail Grouper, White-margined Lyretail Grouper, Yellow-edged Lyretail.

Found singly or in small schools, over seaward reefs.
They feed on fish.
Juveniles swim above reefs, rich in algae and coral growth, looking like a basslet.
Length - 55cm
Depth - 3-200m
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/6478