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