WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Pacific Creolefish

Cephalopholis colonus

Also known as: Cod, Creole Bass, Hind, Red Pacific Creolefish, Rockcod, Trout, Paranthias colonus

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@catloafini · Aquarium of the Pacific, United States · December 20121 / 4
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Overview

Found singly or in small to large schools, high above deep water 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

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Pacific
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Found singly or in small to large schools, high above deep water reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusCephalopholis
    7. speciesCephalopholis colonus (Valenciennes, 1846)

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)