Tomato hind

Cephalopholis sonnerati

Tomato hind — Cephalopholis sonnerati
  • Saltwater
  • Least Concern
Max length
57 cm
Classification
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Epinephelidae
Genus
Cephalopholis
Distribution
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Indian Ocean, Western
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Pacific, Northwest
  • Pacific, Western Central

About the tomato hind

Cephalopholis sonnerati, known as the tomato hind, tomato rockcod, or tomato cod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is in the family Serranidae which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It is distributed on coral reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific. It is also sometimes called the orange-spotted cod, red coral cod, red rockcod, tomato grouper, or tomato seabass.

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Where the tomato hind lives

Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).

Also known as

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