Speckled-fin Grouper

Epinephelus ongus

Also known as: Cod, Hind, Honeycomb Rockcod, Lace-finned Rockcod, Rockcod, Specklefin Grouper, Specklefin Rockcod, Speckle-finned Rockcod, Speckled-fin Rockcod, Summan Grouper, Trout, Wavy-lined Grouper, Wavy-lined Rockcod, White-speckled Grouper, White-speckled Rockcod, White-streaked Grouper, White-streaked Rockcod, Wire-netting Cod, Wire-netting Rockcod

ALSO KNOWN AS

Cod
Hind
Honeycomb Rockcod
Lace-finned Rockcod
Rockcod
Specklefin Grouper
Specklefin Rockcod
Speckle-finned Rockcod
Speckled-fin Rockcod
Summan Grouper
Trout
Wavy-lined Grouper
Wavy-lined Rockcod
White-speckled Grouper
White-speckled Rockcod
White-streaked Grouper
White-streaked Rockcod
Wire-netting Cod
Wire-netting Rockcod

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018

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Speckled-fin Grouper adult, photographed at LumbaLumba, Indonesia — @Happydiver · LumbaLumba, Indonesia · September 20181 / 6

Overview

Found singly, in caves and under ledges of lagoons and inner coastal 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.

How to identify

COLOURS

Pattern: blotches speckles spots
Behaviour: shelters in caves solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Range · Indo-West Pacific
Exact location · 2
Country only · 4

LIVES IN

Found singly, in caves and under ledges of lagoons and inner coastal reefs.

RANGE

Indo-West Pacific

Adult photos 6

Discussion 2

2 comments

Michael Waite· 18 Jan 2016
I have a very good photo of one of these, about 8 in long off the north coast of Viti Levu, Fiji in 2012. So I would say they are beyond the Atlantic and Caribbean.
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fishx6Top Contributor· 19 Jan 2016
Thank you our mistake!
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