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Flowery Cod
Image by Robbie N. Cada (former FishBase staff member) - License: Public Domain. (view image details)
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FLOWERY COD FACTS |
Description
The Flowery Cod is pale yellowish brown with large irregular dark blotches and small dark spots on the head and body. The fins have small dark spots, and there is a dark spot on the tail stem. Small juveniles have small hexagonal spots on the head and body becoming larger towards the rear. The fish is mainly active at dusk. The Flowery Cod is often confused with the Camouflage Grouper (Epinephelus polyphekadion). The Camouflage Grouper has more distinct bands and a larger spot on the tail stem.
Other Names
Brown-marbled grouper
Size
length to 100cm
Habitat
coral reefs, rocky reefs, lagoons, reef channels, outer reef slopes. Juveniles found in seagrass beds. Depth range 1m - 60m
Food
Feeds on fish, crabs, and cephalopods.
Range
The Flowery Cod is found throughout the Indo-Pacific. In Australia it is found from the north-western coast of Western Australia, around the tropical north and down the east coast as far as southern Queensland.
Classification
| Class: | Actinopterygii | | Order: | Perciformes | | Family: | Serranidae | | Genus: | Epinephelus | | Species: | fuscoguttatus | | Common Name: | Flowery Cod |
Relatives in same Genus
Blacktip Rockcod (E. fasciatus)
Queensland Groper (E. lanceolatus)
Trout Cod (E. maculatus)
Honeycomb Grouper (E. merra)
Camouflage Grouper (E. polyphekadion)
Potato Cod (E. tukula)
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