Marine Life

Redmouth grouper

Ginimas faana

Aethaloperca rogaa

Aethaloperca rogaa is a moderately common fish that normally occurs singly along the reefs and is often associated with schools of baitfish sheltering in caves. It can be taken by handlines, but is a rather slow biter, making it a well-regarded table fish.

Details

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size: Max. 60 cm
color: Uniformly dark brown. Inside of mouth and gill cavity scarlet. Junveniles have a white border to the caudal fin, adults may have a broad white band across the belly and half way up the side.
order: Perciformes
family: Serranidae
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habitat and biology: This species is typically found in or near caves or holes in well-developed coral reefs at depths of 3-60 m. It feeds on small fishes and crustaceans and is classified as demersal.
distinctive characters: This species has a dorsal fin with nine spines and seventeen to eighteen rays, an anal fin with three spines and eight to nine rays, and a pectoral fin with seventeen to nineteen rays, with the fifth or sixth ray being the longest. Its body is deep and compressed, with a depth of two point one to two point four times its standard length, and its dorsal profile of the head is steep. Its caudal fin is truncate.