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Bony fish

Graysby

Cephalopholis cruentata

Also known as: Cod, Coney, Grasby Seabass, Hind, Kitty Mitchell, Rockcod, Trout, Cephalopholis cruentatus

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@fishx6 · Bonaire - Dive Site 13, Caribbean Netherlands · November 20101 / 14

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Overview

Found singly and secretive, in areas with places to hide, during the day hiding in crevices, under ledges, around rocky areas, and in seagrass beds, dispersing at night to feed over coral reefs.
They feed nocturnally on crustaceans and fish.

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

Where the adult stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Western Central Atlantic, Caribbean
  • Country only · 14
LIVES IN

Found singly and secretive, in areas with places to hide, during the day hiding in crevices, under ledges, around rocky areas, and in seagrass beds, dispersing at night to feed over coral reefs.

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Adult photos 14

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusCephalopholis
    7. speciesCephalopholis cruentata (Lacepède, 1802)

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)