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Garish Hind

Cephalopholis igarashiensis

Also known as: Cod, Garish Grouper, Garish Rockcod, Goldbar Grouper, Hind, Japanese Cod, Neptune Grouper, Rockcod, Trout, Yellow-banded Cod

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@cpetmecky93 · okuma, Japan · July 20151 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, usually in deep waters of the Pacific.

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 · Pacific Ocean
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Found singly, usually in deep waters of the Pacific.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusCephalopholis
    7. speciesCephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama, 1957

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)