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Blue spotted grouper
cephalopolis argus
Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-Pacific. Habitat: Occurs in lagoons and reefs, between 3m and 250m deep. Very common species of coral in clear waters in depths of less than 15m. Description: The maximum size is around 60 cm with an average weight of 8 kg, the grouper has a brown color dress studded with bright blue spots surrounded by dark blue. The dorsal, caudal and pelvic fins are dark blue. After the pelvic fins, three vertical stripes through the body, this interspace is a lighter brown Food: Predator, it feeds on fish, shellfish, crabs, shrimps and stomatopods. |
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Taxonomic classification
| Phylum: | Chordata | Class: | Actinopterygii | Sub class: | Neopterygii | To print in "PDF" format |
| Order: | Perciformes | Sub order: | Percoidei | Family: | Serranidae | |
| Genus: | Cephalopolis | Species: | argus | Descriptor: | Bloch & Schneider, 1801 |  |