Sealife guideThe pacific creolefishCephalopholis colonus

Last updated on 12/04/2024 at 11:44 PM
Taxonomy
English names Pacific creolefish
French namesBadèche créole du Pacifique
Spanish namesIndioGringoSandia
Scientific nameCephalopholis colonus (Valenciennes, 1846)
FamilyEpinephelidae
OrderPerciformes
ClassActinopterygii
The pacific creolefish (Cephalopholis colonus)
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Bluespotted grouper
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Coney
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Coral hind
Coral hindCephalopholis miniata
Darkfin hind
Darkfin hindCephalopholis urodeta
Graysby
GraysbyCephalopholis cruentata
Halfspotted grouper
Halfspotted grouperCephalopholis hemistiktos
Peacock grouper
Peacock grouperCephalopholis argus
Tomato grouper
Tomato grouperCephalopholis sonnerati
Within the same family
Atlantic creolefish
Atlantic creolefishParanthias furcifer
Blacktip grouper
Blacktip grouperEpinephelus fasciatus
Camouflage grouper
Camouflage grouperEpinephelus polyphekadion
Dusky grouper
Dusky grouperEpinephelus marginatus
Gag grouper
Gag grouperMycteroperca microlepis
Giant grouper
Giant grouperEpinephelus lanceolatus
Highfin coral grouper
Highfin coral grouperPlectropomus oligacanthus
Roving coral grouper
Roving coral grouperPlectropomus pessuliferus
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Common stonefishSynanceia verrucosa
Giant hawkfish
Giant hawkfishCirrhitus rivulatus
Passer angelfish
Passer angelfishHolacanthus passer
Queen parrotfish
Queen parrotfishScarus vetula
Rock beauty
Rock beautyHolacanthus tricolor
Sargassum triggerfish
Sargassum triggerfishXanthichthys ringens
Sohal surgeonfish
Sohal surgeonfishAcanthurus sohal
Weedy scorpionfish
Weedy scorpionfishRhinopias frondosa
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Bicolor angelfish
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Bluegirdled angelfishPomacanthus navarchus
Crown of thorns starfish
Crown of thorns starfishAcanthaster planci
Giant trevally
Giant trevallyCaranx ignobilis
Large toothed cardinalfish
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Persian carpet flatworm
Persian carpet flatwormPseudobiceros bedfordi
Royal dottyback
Royal dottybackPictichromis paccagnellorum

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