Cephalopholis spiloparaea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Subfamily: | Epinephelinae |
| Genus: | Cephalopholis |
| Species: | C. spiloparaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Cephalopholis spiloparaea (Valenciennes, 1828)
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Cephalopholis spiloparaea, known commonly as the strawberry hind strawberry rock cod, strawberry cod or orange rock cod, is a species of marine
Description
Cephalopholis spiloparaea has a body which has a
Distribution
Cephalopholis spiloparaea has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution from the East African coats where it extends from Kenya south to Pinda in Mozambique, east across the Indian Ocean into the pacific as far east as French Polynesia and Pitcairn Island. They occur as far north as the Ryukyu Islands and south to the Rowley Shoals in Western Australia and Heron Island in the southern part of Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.[1]
Habitat and biology
Cephalopholis spiloparaea is largely found in islands, apart from the population at Pinda in Mozambique. It is an inhabitant of coral reefs at depths greater than 40 metres (130 ft).[2] It is the commonest species of grouper on these types of reef in the Indo-Pacific.[3] It has been shown to live in harems dominated by a male.[1] They feed on crabs and other crustaceans[2] and normally forage at night or in the very early morning, just before or just after dawn.[1]
Utilisation
Cephalopholis spiloparaea is of minor commercial importance to fisheries[1] but the depth at which it is found appears to offer some protection from overexploitation.[2]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Cephalolophis spiloparea" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ ISBN 92-5-103125-8.
External links
- Photos of Cephalopholis spiloparaea on Sealife Collection