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Bony fish

Red Sea Coral Grouper

Plectropomus marisrubri

Also known as: Cod, Hind, Leopard Grouper, Red Sea Roving Coral Grouper, Rockcod, Roving Coral Grouper, Spotted Coral Grouper, Trout

VUVulnerableIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@JarJar · Qulaan Islands, Egypt · September 20141 / 1
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Overview

Found singly over coral reefs.
Eastern Indian Ocean - Red Sea

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

Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Indian Ocean
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Found singly over coral reefs.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusPlectropomus
    7. speciesPlectropomus marisrubri Randall & Hoese, 1986

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)