| Cephalopholis aurantia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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]