Cephalopholis spiloparaea
Strawberry Rockcod | Orange Rock Cod | Orange-red Pigmy Grouper | Strawberry Cod | Strawberry Grouper | Strawberry Hind
Cephalopholis spiloparaea, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Cephalopholis spiloparaea, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Cephalopholis spiloparaea, Bouganville Reef, Coral Sea, Photo: Graham Edgar
Same Genus
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Reddish body with dark red-brown patches, tail with pale blue oblique stripes on upper and lower edges of rear margin. Very similar to C. leopardus (Leopard Rockcod), but lacks any white-edged black patches on upper tail base. Length to 30 cm.
Information
Max Size: 30 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 23.1-30.6°C
Depth: 15-108m
Habitat Generalization Index: 1.03
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Least Concern
Occurrence: Infrequent (2.3% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (2 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: Joe Shields