Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Serranidae > Cephalopholis > Cephalopholis miniata

Cephalopholis miniata (bluespot rockcod; Vermillion seabass; Vermilion seabass; Vermilion rock cod; Vermilion grouper; Round-tailed trout; Red grouper; Red coral perch; Coral trout; Coral rockcod; Coral rock cod; Coral hind; Coral grouper; Coral cod; Blue-spotted rockcod; Grouper; Seabass ; Reef cod; Vermilion sea bass; Vermillion grouper; Blue-spot rock cod)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Cephalopholis miniata, known commonly as the coral hind, is a species of marine fish in the family Serranidae. Other names include miniatus grouper, miniata grouper, coral or blue-spot rockcod, vermilion seabass, and coral grouper. The coral hind is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific area, including Durban, South Africa, the Red Sea, and Line Islands. The coral hind is a medium size fish and can reach a maximum size of 50 centimetres (20 in) length.
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Infraspecies

Perca miniata miniata
Perca miniata var. miniata
Perca miniatus var. miniatus

Attributes

Maximum Longevity [1]  25 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia
Ranong   Thailand      

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cephalopholis argus (Argus grouper)2
Cephalopholis hemistiktos (duskyfin grouper)4

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Food habits and prey selection of three species of groupers from the genus Cephalopholis (Serranidae: Teleostei), Muki Shpigel & Lev Fishelson, Environmental Biology of Fishes Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 67-73, 1989
♦ 4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0