Sealife guideThe tomato grouperCephalopholis sonnerati
Taxonomy
- Common name: Tomato grouper
- French name: Mérou tomate
- Spanish name: Cherna piña
- Scientific name: Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828)
- Family name: Epinephelidae
- Order name: Perciformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The tomato grouper is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The tomato grouper appears in the IUCN Red List since 2018 within the category Least Concern !

The tomato grouper (Cephalopholis sonnerati) © Stephankerkhofs | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus

Pacific creolefish
(Cephalopholis colonus)
(Cephalopholis colonus)

Coney
(Cephalopholis fulva)
(Cephalopholis fulva)

Bluespotted grouper
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)

Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)
(Cephalopholis argus)

Darkfin hind
(Cephalopholis urodeta)
(Cephalopholis urodeta)

Halfspotted grouper
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)

Coral grouper
(Cephalopholis miniata)
(Cephalopholis miniata)

Graysby
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
Within the same family

Atlantic creolefish
(Paranthias furcifer)
(Paranthias furcifer)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Speckledfin grouper
(Epinephelus ongus)
(Epinephelus ongus)

Highfin coral grouper
(Plectropomus oligacanthus)
(Plectropomus oligacanthus)

Atlantic Goliath Grouper
(Epinephelus itajara)
(Epinephelus itajara)

Potato grouper
(Epinephelus tukula)
(Epinephelus tukula)

Nassau grouper
(Epinephelus striatus)
(Epinephelus striatus)

Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)
(Epinephelus morio)
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(Parupeneus multifasciatus)
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