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Bony fish

Yellow Grouper

Epinephelus awoara

Also known as: Banded Grouper, Cod, Hind, Rockcod, Six-banded Grouper, Tropical Grouper, Trout

Adult
@trapezemark · Koror, Palau · November 20061 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, over mud, rock, and sandy bottoms, of 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

Pattern
barsspots
Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Northwest Pacific
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Found singly, over mud, rock, and sandy bottoms, of reefs.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusEpinephelus
    7. speciesEpinephelus awoara (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)