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title: "Coral Grouper"
description: "Cephalopholis miniata — Ryby. Cephalopholis miniata, also known as the coral grouper, coral hind, coral rock cod, coral cod, coral trout, round-tailed trout or vermillion seabass 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/pl/animal/coral-grouper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Coral Grouper

> Cephalopholis miniata — Ryby. Cephalopholis miniata, also known as the coral grouper, coral hind, coral rock cod, coral cod, coral trout, round-tailed trout or vermillion seabass 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 miniata*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 3042
- Wikidata: [Q1294790](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1294790)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49639](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49639)

## Names

- en: Coral Grouper
- de: Juwelen-Zackenbarsch
- es: Cherna estrellada
- fr: Mérou corail
- nl: Rode koraalbaars

## Countries with the most observations

ID (539), EG (484), AU (172), MV (165), PH (110), TH (102), FJ (86), IL (68), MY (49), SC (47), SA (44), MM (43)

## Summary

Cephalopholis miniata, also known as the coral grouper, coral hind, coral rock cod, coral cod, coral trout, round-tailed trout or vermillion seabass 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 coral reefs and occurs in the Indo-Pacific.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137161569

## Machine access

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