Rock Cod
Cephalopholis boenak
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Cephalopholis
Where to Find
Found in 52 diving areas across 27 countries and 6 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 76 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 51 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 6 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 77 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 84 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 14 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 6 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 3 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 5 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 5 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 41 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 19 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 38 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 7 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 3 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 11 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 8 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 7 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 3 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 34 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 30 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 24 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 18 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 7 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 15 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 4 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 28 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 6 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 12 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 16 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 1 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 4 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 37 records