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Goldspotted Rockcod

Epinephelus coioides

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 15, February 8, March 6, April 14, May 8, June 6, July 7, August 2, September 9, October 12, November 5, December 3.
Australia95
Queensland82
India61
China46
Andhra Pradesh41
Taiwan Province34
Taiwan32
Thailand15
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region10
Tainan10

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPerches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
FamilyGroupers · Epinephelidae
GenusEpinephelus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Goldspotted Rockcod with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.