Epinephelus polyphekadion

Epinephelus polyphekadion (*)

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea
Familia: Serranidae
Subfamilia: Epinephelinae
Genus: Epinephelus
Species: Epinephelus polyphekadion

The camouflage grouper (Epinephelus polyphekadion) is a species of fish in the Serranidae family. It is found in American Samoa, Australia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Djibouti, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Madagascar, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, the Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, and Vanuatu. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, rocky shores, and coastal saline lagoons. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Source

Russell, B., Situ, A. & Cornish, A. 2005. Epinephelus polyphekadion. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.