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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

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
@SamJason74 · Mimpi Menjangen, Indonesia · July 20091 / 7

Showing details for the juvenile stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.

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Overview

Juveniles over shallow coral rubble areas of reefs. Juveniles found over shallow, coral rubble areas of reefs.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
blotchesspots
Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

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

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Country only · 7
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 7

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusEpinephelus
    7. speciesEpinephelus maculatus (Bloch, 1790)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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