Humpback grouper - 114°E HK Reef Fish

Photo By: Allen To

Humpback grouper

Characteristics

Feeds on fishes and crustaceans.
In Australia, this species is reported to be able to live at least 19 years old in wild.
Exhibits protogynous (female to male) sex change.
Females mature between 30 and 40 cm (Total Length) and between 1 and 2 years old.

Description

Body white to light greenish brown.
Numerous black spots on body. Spots are fewer, larger and less dense in smaller individuals.
Humpbacked with a distinctive head shape curving steeply upwards.

Common Name: Barramundi cod, High-finned grouper, Humpback grouper

Family Common Name: Groupers

Family: Epinephelidae

Scientific Name: Cromileptes altivelis___(Valenciennes, 1828)

Genus: Cromileptes

Maximum Length: 70 cm (Total Length)

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未評估

Not Evaluated (ne)

數據缺乏

Data Deficient (dd)

無危

Least Concern (lc)

近危

Near Threatened (nt)

易危

Vulnerable (vu)

瀕危

Endangered (en)

極危

Critically Endangered (cr)

絕滅

Extinct (ex)

Humpback grouper