WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Slender Grouper

Anyperodon leucogrammicus

Also known as: Cod, Hind, Rockcod, Slender Rockcod, Trout, Whiteline Grouper, Whiteline Rockcod, White-lined Cod, White-lined Grouper, White-lined Rockcod

Adult
@fishx6 · Mirihi Island Resort, Maldives · May 20081 / 24

Showing details for the adult stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.

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Overview

Found singly, over clear water lagoons and seaward reefs, rich in coral 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

Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the adult stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Country only · 24
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Found singly, over clear water lagoons and seaward reefs, rich in coral growth.

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Adult photos 24

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusAnyperodon
    7. speciesAnyperodon leucogrammicus (Valenciennes, 1828)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)