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Bony fish

Roving Coral Grouper

Plectropomus pessuliferus

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

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@fishx6 · Navy Pier, Ningaloo Reef, Exmouth, WA, Australia · March 20141 / 4
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Overview

Found singly over shallow lagoons and seaward 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

COLOURS
Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Exact location · 2
  • Country only · 2
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Found singly over shallow lagoons and seaward reefs.

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Adult photos 4

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusPlectropomus
    7. speciesPlectropomus pessuliferus (Fowler, 1904)

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)