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title: "Chocolate Grouper"
description: "Cephalopholis boenak — Pesci. Cephalopholis boenak, the chocolate hind, brownbarred rockcod, brown-banded cod or brown-banded rockcod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is in the family Serranidae which also includes the anthias and sea basses."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/chocolate-grouper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chocolate Grouper

> Cephalopholis boenak — Pesci. Cephalopholis boenak, the chocolate hind, brownbarred rockcod, brown-banded cod or brown-banded rockcod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is in the family Serranidae which also includes the anthias and sea basses.

- Scientific name: *Cephalopholis boenak*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1339
- Wikidata: [Q2791901](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2791901)
- iNaturalist taxon: [96990](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/96990)

## Names

- en: Chocolate Grouper
- es: Mero chocolate
- fr: Vieille chocolat

## Countries with the most observations

TH (167), HK (156), NC (86), TW (83), AU (79), PH (66), ID (61), MY (56), SG (49), CN (31), PW (12), TZ (9)

## Summary

Cephalopholis boenak, the chocolate hind, brownbarred rockcod, brown-banded cod or brown-banded rockcod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is in the family Serranidae which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It is associated with reefs over a wide Indo-Pacific distribution. It is an important species for commercial fisheries in some parts of its range.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopholis_boenak

## Photo

![Chocolate Grouper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chocolate-grouper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151758703

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chocolate-grouper?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).