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) © Martin Procházka | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus
Bluespotted grouperCephalopholis cyanostigma
ConeyCephalopholis fulva
Coral hindCephalopholis miniata
Darkfin hindCephalopholis urodeta
GraysbyCephalopholis cruentata
Halfspotted grouperCephalopholis hemistiktos
Peacock grouperCephalopholis argus
Tomato grouperCephalopholis sonnerati
Within the same family
Atlantic Goliath GrouperEpinephelus itajara
Camouflage grouperEpinephelus polyphekadion
Dusky grouperEpinephelus marginatus
Nassau grouperEpinephelus striatus
Potato grouperEpinephelus tukula
Red grouperEpinephelus morio
Roving coral grouperPlectropomus pessuliferus
Starry grouperEpinephelus labriformis
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Emperor angelfishPomacanthus imperator
European parrotfishSparisoma cretense
Masked butterflyfishChaetodon semilarvatus
Randall's prawn gobyAmblyeleotris randalli
Yellow blotch angelfishPomacanthus maculosus
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