Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Six-Banded Grouper
Cephalopholis sexmaculata
Six-Banded Grouper
Also known as: Six-blotch Rockcod, Freckled Rockcod, Saddled Grouper, Six-spotted Rockcod
Category: Groupers
Scientific Name: Cephalopholis sexmaculata
Size: Up to 20 in. (50 cm)  
Depth: 30-300 ft. (10-90 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Perciformes (Order)
     └Percoidei (Suborder)
      └Epinephelidae (Family)
       └Cephalopholis (Genus)
        └C. sexmaculata (Species)
WoRMS ID: 218189🔗
iNaturalist ID: 97003🔗

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