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Chocolate Grouper

Cephalopholis boenak

Also known as: Blue-lined Coralcod, Boenacki Grouper, Brown Coralcod, Brown-banded Cod, Brown-banded Coralcod, Brown-banded Grouper, Brown-banded Rockcod, Brown-banded Sea Bass, Brown-barred Grouper, Brown-barred Rockcod, Charcoal Grouper, Chocolate Hind, Cod, Coral Trout, Dusty-banded Cod, Hind, Indian Grouper, Overcast Grouper, Rockcod, Trout

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
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@TerryM · Japamala Resort, Malaysia · February 20121 / 3
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Overview

Found singly, over sheltered silty dead reefs, may also be found in live corals.

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
stripes
Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
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Found singly, over sheltered silty dead reefs, may also be found in live corals.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusCephalopholis
    7. speciesCephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)

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