WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Pacific Graysby

Cephalopholis panamensis

Also known as: Cod, Hind, Panama Grasby, Panamic Grasby, Rockcod, Trout

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@dawn · Riu Guanacaste, Costa Rica · April 20191 / 2
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Overview

Found singly, over rocky shores, of coral 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
barsspots
Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Pacific
  • Country only · 2
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Found singly, over rocky shores, of coral reefs.

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Adult photos 2

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusCephalopholis
    7. speciesCephalopholis panamensis (Steindachner, 1876)

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)