Highfin Grouper
Epinephelus maculatus
Also known as: Blackfin Cod, Blotch's Rockcod, Brown-spotted Rockcod, Cod, High-finned Grouper, Hind, Marbled Grouper, Marbled Rockcod, Rockcod, Spotted Grouper, Spotted Rockcod, Spotty Cod, Trout Cod, Trout
- Blackfin Cod
- Blotch's Rockcod
- Brown-spotted Rockcod
- Cod
- High-finned Grouper
- Hind
- Marbled Grouper
- Marbled Rockcod
- Rockcod
- Spotted Grouper
- Spotted Rockcod
- Spotty Cod
- Trout Cod
- Trout
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Overview
Found singly, around isolated coral heads, bases of reefs, and open sandy areas, of lagoons and seaward 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.
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
Where the adult stage lives, and where its photos were taken.
- Range · Indo-West Pacific
- Exact location · 1
- Country only · 6
Found singly, around isolated coral heads, bases of reefs, and open sandy areas, of lagoons and seaward reefs.
Adult photos 7
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