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Camouflage Grouper

Epinephelus polyphekadion

Also known as: Blue-tailed Cod, Camouflage Cod, Camouflage Rockcod, Cod, Flowery Grouper, Hind, Marble Grouper, Marbled Cod, Marbled Grouper, Rockcod, Smalltooth Grouper, Small-toothed Cod, Small-toothed Grouper, Small-toothed Rockcod, Smooth Flowery Rockcod, Snoutspot Grouper, Snoutspot Rockcod, Snout-spots Grouper, Snout-spots Rockcod, Trout

VUVulnerableIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@fishx6 · Makunudu, Maldives · August 20071 / 25
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Overview

Found singly or in schools, close to caves and crevice swim throughs, over lagoons and outer 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

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
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Found singly or in schools, close to caves and crevice swim throughs, over lagoons and outer reefs, rich in coral growth.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusEpinephelus
    7. speciesEpinephelus polyphekadion (Bleeker, 1849)

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)