Cephalopholis aurantia

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Cephalopholis aurantia
Vieille doree (Cephalopholis aurantia) (Ifremer 00755-86731).jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Epinephelidae
Genus: Cephalopholis
Species:
C. aurantia
Binomial name
Cephalopholis aurantia
(Valenciennes, 1828)

Cephalopholis aurantia, the golden hind, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae. This rarely encountered species lives on steep seaward reefs of the Indo-Pacific. [1]

References

  1. "Cephalopholis aurantia summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2025-12-03.