Coral hind
| Coral hind | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Genus: | Cephalopholis |
| Species: | C. miniata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775) | |
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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.[2]
The coral hind is a medium size fish and can reach a maximum size of 50 centimetres (20 in) length.[3]
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Utilization
- Fishery: small trading
References
- ↑ Cabanban, A.S.; Kulbicki, M.; Fennessy, S.; Heemstra, P.C. & Yeeting, B. (2008). "Cephalopholis miniata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved May 2013. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern - ↑ "Distribution of Cephalopholis miniata". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ↑ "Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775)". FishBase. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
External links
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cephalopholis miniatus" in FishBase. May 2013 version.
- Coral grouper/Coral hind BBC. Updated July 2005. Retrieved May 2013.
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