Strawberry Grouper

Cephalopholis spiloparaea

Unifomly red, only a pale band at the tail end.

Size : 22 cm

Habitat : In clear, coral-rich and mostly outer reef slopes. Usually only below 20 m to more than 100 m.

Distribution : East Africa to SW Japan, Micronesia and Polynesia.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Perciformes

FAMILY

:

Epinephelidae

GENUS

:

Cephalopholis

SPECIES

:

Cephalopholis spiloparaea

Other Information

Population Status

Least Concern (LC)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

  1. inaturalist.org
  2. Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Book by Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner