Blue-finned Rock Cod
Cephalopholis microprion
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 23 diving areas across 11 countries and 3 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 48 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 3 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 7 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 3 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 3 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 27 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 31 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 38 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 27 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 34 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 5 records