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Bony fish

Brown-marbled Grouper

Epinephelus fuscoguttatus

Also known as: Black Rockcod, Black-spotted Grouper, Black-tipped Cod, Blotch Grouper, Blotchy Grouper, Blotchy Rockcod, Carpet Cod, Cod, Flower Cod, Flowery Cod, Flowery Grouper, Flowery Rockcod, Hind, Marble Grouper, Rockcod, Summan Grouper, Tiger Grouper, Trout

VUVulnerableIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@TerryM · Japamala Resort, Malaysia · February 20141 / 20
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Overview

Found singly, in clear waters, over channels, around lagoon pinnacles, and outer reef slopes, 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
Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
  • Country only · 19
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Found singly, in clear waters, over channels, around lagoon pinnacles, and outer reef slopes, rich in coral growth.

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Adult photos 20

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusEpinephelus
    7. speciesEpinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775)

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)