Cephalopholis
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Cephalopholis is a genus of fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...

 in the Serranidae
Serranidae
Serranidae is a large family of fishes, belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species of serranids in 64 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers...

 family.
It contains the following species:
  • Blue-Spotted Grouper
    Blue-Spotted Grouper
    Cephalopholis argus, also known as: Blue-spotted Grouper, Argus Grouper, Peacock Hind, Peacock Grouper or Peacock Rockcod is a fish from the Indo-Pacific which is variously a commercial gamefish, an invasive species and occasionally an aquarium resident...

     (Cephalopholis argus)
  • Chocolate hind
    Chocolate hind
    Cephalopholis boenak is a species of fish in the Serranidae family, known under many common names, including "Bluelined Coralcod", "Brown-banded Seabass", "Brownbarred Grouper", "Brown-barred Rockcod", "Brownbarred Rockcod", "Brown Coral-cod", "Brown Coral Cod", "Charcoal Grouper", "Cherna...

     (Cephalopholis boenak)
  • Graysby
    Graysby
    The Graysby, Cephalopholis cruentata, is a Grouper in the Serranidae family from the Western Atlantic. It is found from North Carolina to southern Florida , Bermuda, the Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean. Its typical size is 15 to 25 cm in length, with a maximum size of 42 cm ....

      (Cephalopholis cruentata)
  • Coney  (Cephalopholis fulva)
  • Vermillion seabass
    Vermillion seabass
    The Vermillion seabass, also known as the Jewel Grouper or the Coral Hind is a species of fish in the Serranidae family.- Description :...

     (Cephalopholis miniata)
  • Pacific Graysby
    Cephalopholis panamensis
    Cephalopholis panamensis is a grouper fish from the Eastern Pacific Ocean. It is common and shy, and occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 31cm in length....

     (Cephalopholis panamensis)
  • Blue Spotted Sea Bass
    Cephalopholis taeniops
    A Grouper from the Indo-Pacific that occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 70cm in length....

     (Cephalopholis taeniops)
  • V-tail Grouper (Cephalopholis urodelus)
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