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Bony fish

Foursaddle Grouper

Epinephelus spilotoceps

Also known as: Cod, Foursaddle Rockcod, Hind, Rockcod, Spotty Cod, Trout

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@fishx6 · Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa, Maldives · August 20061 / 11
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Overview

Found singly, over upper slopes, in channels, and around patch reefs, of lagoons and reef margins.

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

Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Exact location · 3
  • Country only · 8
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Found singly, over upper slopes, in channels, and around patch reefs, of lagoons and reef margins.

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Adult photos 11

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusEpinephelus
    7. speciesEpinephelus spilotoceps Schultz, 1953

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)