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Barred Chest Rock Cod

Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes 1830)

Description

provided by World Register of Marine Species
Inhabits inshore silty reefs; there are no records from depths greater than 50 m. Feeds on crustaceans, fishes, and worms. The enlarged fleshy pectoral fins appear to have resulted from its habit of sitting on the substrate.
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copyright
WoRMS Editorial Board
bibliographic citation
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019).
contributor
Edward Vanden Berghe [email]