WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Leather Bass

Dermatolepis dermatolepis

Also known as: Cod, Hind, Leather Zebra, Marbled Grouper, Rockcod, Trout

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@lynwatson · Carina (boat), Ecuador · January 20191 / 5
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Overview

Found singly, or in schools, often seen following other fish and eels to catch their prey, which have been flushed out of their hiding places by the other critters, on coral and rocky reefs.
Juveniles found in the spines of sea urchins.

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

  • Range · Eastern Pacific
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Found singly, or in schools, often seen following other fish and eels to catch their prey, which have been flushed out of their hiding places by the other critters, on coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusDermatolepis
    7. speciesDermatolepis dermatolepis (Boulenger, 1895)

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)