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Aethaloperca rogaa (Rockcod; Redmouth rockcod; Redmouth grouper; Redmouth groper; Red-flushed rockcod; Red-flushed rock-cod; Red-flushed cod; Grouper)

Synonyms: Aethaloperca rogan; Aethaloperca rogga; Aethaloperca rogoa; Aetheloperca rogaa; Aetholoperca rogaa; Athaloperca rogae; Cephalopholis rogaa; Perca lunaria; Perca rogaa
Language: Aceh; Afrikaans; Arabic; Bahasa Indonesia; Bikol; Danish; Davawenyo; Divehi; French; Gela; German; Japanese; Kapampangan; Mahl; Malay; Malayalam; Mandarin Chinese; Other; Persian; Portuguese; Somali; Spanish; Surigaonon; Swahili; Tagalog; Thai; Vietnamese; Visayan

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Anampses meleagrides (Dotted wrasse)[1]
Echinometra lucunter (rock boring urchin)[1]
Echinothrix diadema (Spiny urchin)[1]
Pygoplites diacanthus (Royal empress angelfish)[1]
Trapezia intermedia (common guard crab)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Aluterus scriptus (unicornfish)1
Balistoides viridescens (bluefin filefish)1
Carcharhinus melanopterus (Shark)1
Diodon hystrix (Ajargo)1
Epibulus insidiator (longjawed wrasse)1
Labrisomus nuchipinnis (Molly miller)1
Scartella cristata (Molly miller)1

Predators

Carcharhinus melanopterus (Shark)[1]
Sphyraena qenie (Blackfin barracuda)[1]

Distribution

Agulhas Current; Arabian Sea; Atulayan Bay; Australia; Bahrain; Brunei Darussalam; Calamianes Islands; Carigara Bay; Chagos Islands; China; Christmas Island (Aust.); Comoros; Coral Sea and GBR; Davao Gulf; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Fiji Islands; Great Barrier Reef; Guam; Gulf of Aden; Gulf of Oman; Gulf of Thailand; Hong Kong; Hsiao-liu-chiu; India; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean, Eastern; Indian Ocean, Western; Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to South Africa and east to the Gilbert Islands. Probably found in all tropical islands of the Indian Ocean. Recorded from Europa Island (MNHN 1992-0475, Ref. 33390).; Indonesia; Indonesian Sea; Iran (Islamic Rep. of); Iraq; Israel; Japan; Jordan; Kenya; Kimbe Bay; Kiribati; Kuwait; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Mauritius; Micronesia,Fed.States of; Milne Bay; Mozambique; New Caledonia; North Australian Shelf; North Marianas; Northeast Australian Shelf; Northwest Australian Shelf; Ogasawara Islands; Oman; Pacific Ocean; Pacific, Northwest; Pacific, Western Central; Pakistan; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Peng-hu Island; Persian Gulf; Philippines; Qatar; Red Sea; Ryukyu Islands; Réunion; Saudi Arabia; Seychelles; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Somali Coastal Current; Somalia; South Africa; South China Sea; Spratly Islands; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Sulu-Celebes Sea; Taiwan; Tanzania, United Rep. of; Thailand; Tubbataha Reefs; United Arab Emirates; Vanuatu; Viet Nam; Yellow Sea; Yemen;

External References

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Citations

Species recognized by Group expert : Heemstra, P.C., 02-Oct-2012, FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Clownfish and their Host Anemones ;; NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
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