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Bony fish

Rusty Hind

Cephalopholis aitha

Also known as: Cod, Coral Cod, Coral Grouper, Coral Rockcod, Coral Trout, Hind, Rockcod, Rusty Rockcod

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@dalovells · MIDDLE REEF CHRISTMAS ISLAND, Australia · December 20231 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, in habit specific areas of silty, inshore reefs, rich in invertebrate growth.

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 · Western Pacific
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Found singly, in habit specific areas of silty, inshore reefs, rich in invertebrate growth.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusCephalopholis
    7. speciesCephalopholis aitha Randall & Heemstra, 1991

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)