WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Marbled Coral Grouper

Plectropomus punctatus

Also known as: Cod, Coral Trout, Hind, Leopard Coral Trout, Marbled Leopard Grouper, Mottled Coral Grouper, Mottled Coral Trout, Trout

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@designedforx · KE, Kenya · November 20151 / 5
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Overview

Found singly, or in small schools, usually in shallow waters, drifting high over the bottom, of coral and rocky 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.

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How to identify

Pattern
marbled
Fins & Tail
blue fin outline
Head & Mouth
blue eye ring

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Indian Ocean
  • Country only · 5
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Found singly, or in small schools, usually in shallow waters, drifting high over the bottom, of coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusPlectropomus
    7. speciesPlectropomus punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)