Chocolate hind (Cephalopholis boenak)
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General data
- Main name: Chocolate hind
- Local names: Brownbarred rockcod, Brown-banded cod, Brown-banded rockcod, Dusky-banded cod, Brownbarred rockcod, Brownbarred grouper
- Climates: Tropical
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: Africa, Asia, Australia & Oceania
- Distribution: South China Sea, Bay of Bengal, Pacific Ocean, Indian ocean
Classification
- Genus: Cephalopholis - Scaleheaded groupers
- Family: Epinephelidae - Groupers
- Order: Perciformes - Perches
- Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes