Blue-lined grouper

Cephalopholis polleni is a grouper fish from the Indo-Pacific Ocean.

The Blue-lined grouper lives in the reef-associated, non-migratory, marine, depth range 10 - 120 m , usually 25 - 120 m environment.

grouper species such as white-lined and blue-lined grouper are common as are wrasse and leatherjackets. Freckled porcupine fish hide in the crevices. The walls feature orange and green cup corals and a small overhang. More

BLUE-LINED GROUPER (Cephalopholis formosa) BLUE-LINED GROUPERLength: to 40 cm This grouper is a shallow-water species found in sheltered muddy, silty, or dead reefs, also in the vicinity of river mouths. More

Blue-lined Grouper, Cephalopholis formosa, 343 Blue-spotted Grouper, Cephalopholis argus, 344 Butter Hamlet, Hypoplectrus unicolor, 345 Chalk Bass, Serranus tortugarum, 346 Clown Soapfish, Pogonoperca punctata, 347 Coney Grouper, Cephalopholis fulva, 348 Creolefish, Paranthias furcifer, 349 More

Common names

Blue-lined grouper in English
Ca mu in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Cabot guingan in Creole, French
Cabot guingan in Creoles and Pidgins, French
Cherna arlequín in Spanish (español)
Garoupa arlequim in Portuguese (Português)
Harlekin-havaborre in Danish (dansk)
Harlekyn-klipkabeljou in Afrikaans
Harlequin cod in English
Harlequin grouper in English
harlequin hind in English
Harlequin rockcod in English
Indienne in French (français)
Iugiushaap in Austronesian (Other)
Iugiushaap in Carolinian
Lapu-lapu in Kapampangan
Lapu-lapu in Tagalog
Minamihata in Japanese (日本語)
Sunu in Bahasa Indonesia
Vieille arlequin in French (français)
Vieille farraud in Creole, French
Vieille farraud in Creoles and Pidgins, French
Vielle arlequin in French (français)
卜氏九棘鱸 in Mandarin Chinese
卜氏九棘鲈 in Mandarin Chinese
多線纖齒鱸 in Mandarin Chinese
多线纤齿鲈 in Mandarin Chinese
琉球纖齒鱸 in Mandarin Chinese
琉球纤齿鲈 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Serranidae
Genus : Cephalopholis
Species : Cephalopholis polleni
Authority : Bleeker, 1868