Rock Cod
Epinephelus fasciatus
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
- Epinephelus
Where to Find
Found in 76 diving areas across 42 countries and 7 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 8 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 9 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 1 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 28 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 8 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 6 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 1 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 3 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 9 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 31 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 5 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 6 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 6 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 6 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 10 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 7 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 1 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 7 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
- Santiago, Cape Verde - 2 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 20 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 12 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 5 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 14 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 5 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 46 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 7 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 130 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 18 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 14 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 17 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 6 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 6 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 4 records
- Dahab, Egypt - 24 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 10 records
- Hurghada, Egypt - 10 records
- Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - 12 records
- Eilat, Israel - 16 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 18 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 18 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 6 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 3 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 2 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 3 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 27 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 9 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 5 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 16 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 6 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 12 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 14 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 12 records