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Bony fish

Blue-spotted Grouper

Cephalopholis cyanostigma

Also known as: Bluespot Cod, Blue-spotted Hind, Blue-spotted Rockcod, Bommie Cod, Cod, Coral Cod, Hind, Rockcod, Trout

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@MarioF · Great Barrier Reef at Whitsunday Islands, QLD, Australia, Australia · May 20101 / 14
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Overview

Found singly over seagrass beds, in shallow, protected, coastal reefs, rich in coral growth.

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.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
blue spots
Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Pacific
  • Exact location · 2
  • Country only · 12
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Found singly over seagrass beds, in shallow, protected, coastal reefs, rich in coral growth.

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Adult photos 14

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusCephalopholis
    7. speciesCephalopholis cyanostigma (Valenciennes, 1828)

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)