chocolate hind

Cephalopholis boenak

Epinephelid Fish beneath the Red Sea

chocolate hind is known around Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 30 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Epinephelidae
Genus: Cephalopholis
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Kenya to southern Mozambique eastward to the western Pacific. Reported from the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ). Not reported from oceanic islands in the Indian Ocean, except for Aldabra, Comoros, Madagascar, and the Andaman and Lakshadweep islands. Unknown from the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and from the islands of Micronesia except for Palau. Record from Rodriguez by Heemstra & Randall (1984, Ref. 3153 ) could not be verified and is probably erroneous (Ref. 33390 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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