Chocolate Grouper

Scientific Name: Cephalopholis boenak
Family: Groupers - Serranidae
Maximum Size: 26cm
Identification: Brown; usually display 7-8 dark bars on side, tail with dark corners edged in blue.
Favourite: Solitary; feed primarily on crustaceans.
Hide-out: Dead silty reefs in sheltered waters and coastal reefs in 4-30m.
Location: Asian Pacific - E. Africa to Australia and New Caledonia, north to S.W. Japan.