Description

Also known as Chameleon Sea Bass, Cod, Common Lyretail Cod, Coronation Cod, Coronation Grouper, Coronation Trout, Fairy Cod, Hind, Louti Cherry Grouper, Louti Grouper, Lunatail, Lunatail Cod, Luna-tailed Cod, Lunar-tailed Coral-trout, Luner-tailed Grouper, Lunar-tailed Rockcod, Lyretail Cod, Lyretail Coral-trout, Lyretail Grouper, Moon Grouper, Moontail Sea Bass, Rockcod, Trout, Yellowedge Lyretail, Yellow-edged Coronation Trout, Yellow-edged Lunartail, Yellow-edged Lyretail Grouper.

Found singly in clear water lagoons, island reefs and outer reefs.
They feed on cephalopods, crustaceans and fish.
Length - 75cm
Depth - 3-300m
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/5354