Chocolate Grouper
Cephalopholis boenak
The Chocolate Grouper (Cephalopholis boenak) is a tropical marine fish of the family Serranidae. It lives on and around reefs, between 1 and 64 m deep. It grows to 30 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
- Size
- 30 cmtotal length
- Depth
- 1–64 m
- Climate zone
- Tropical
In the wild
- Water type
- Marine
- Climate zone
- Tropical
- Habitat
- Coral and rocky reefs
- Aquarium trade
- Traded commercially
Depth
surface
1 m64 m
Conservation status
Classification
- FamilySerranidae
- GenusCephalopholis
- SpeciesCephalopholis boenak
Quick answers
- Chocolate Grouper size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 30 cm (total length).
- Chocolate Grouper: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
Related species
Strawberry GrouperCephalopholis spiloparaea
Flagtail GrouperCephalopholis urodeta
Leopard GrouperCephalopholis leopardus
Coral GrouperCephalopholis miniata
Saddle GrouperCephalopholis sexmaculata
Bluespotted GrouperCephalopholis cyanostigma
Tomato GrouperCephalopholis sonnerati
Peacock GrouperCephalopholis argus
Chalk bassSerranus tortugarum
Red PerchCaesioperca lepidoptera
Lined SoapfishGrammistes sexlineatus
Banded SeaperchHypoplectrodes nigroruber
Sources
The figures on this page are compiled from the references below.