Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Serranidae > Epinephelus > Epinephelus polyphekadion

Epinephelus polyphekadion (comouflage grouper; small toothed rockcod; Snout-spots rock cod; Snout-spot rock-cod; Snout-spot grouper; Smooth flowery rock-cod; Small-toother cod; Small-toothed rockcod; Small-toothed cod; Smalltooth grouper; Marbled sea bass; Marbled grouper; Marble grouper; Flowery grouper; Camouflage rockcod; Camouflage grouper; Camouflage groper; Camouflage cod; Blue-tailed cod; Grouper; Rock cod; Marbled cod)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Camouflage grouper (Epinephelus polyphekadion) is a species of marine fish in the family Serranidae. The Camouflage grouper is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific area from the eastern coast of Africa to the French Polynesia and it is also present in the Red Sea. This grouper is a medium-sized fish, it can grow up to 90 centimetres (35 in) length. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, rocky shores, and coastal saline lagoons.
View Wikipedia Record: Epinephelus polyphekadion

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Epinephelus polyphekadion

Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceanodromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Apertile overstreeti[2]
Bivesicula palauensis[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 2Gibson, 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