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Bony fish

Dogtooth Grouper

Epinephelus caninus

Also known as: Coralcod, Hind, Rockcod, Toothed Grouper, Trout

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Overview

Found singly, or in schools, over mud, rock, and sandy bottoms, and around shipwrecks, in medium too deep reefs.

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 · Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean
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Found singly, or in schools, over mud, rock, and sandy bottoms, and around shipwrecks, in medium too deep reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusEpinephelus
    7. speciesEpinephelus caninus (Valenciennes, 1843)

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)