WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Redmouth Grouper

Aethaloperca rogaa

Also known as: Cod, Hind, Red-flushed Cod, Red-flushed Grouper, Red-flushed Rockcod, Redmouth Rockcod, Rockcod, Trout

Adult
@Monikaw · Embudu and Vilamendu, Maldives · February 20161 / 12
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Overview

Found singly, close to caves and holes in the reef, over silty lagoons and coastal reefs.
Juveniles mimic the angelfish - Centropyge vrolikii

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

COLOURS
Head & Mouth
red mouth

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
  • Country only · 11
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Found singly, close to caves and holes in the reef, over silty lagoons and coastal reefs.

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Adult photos 12

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusAethaloperca
    7. speciesAethaloperca rogaa (Forsskål, 1775)

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)