![]() ![]() It has been recorded from Europa Island in the Mozambique Channel. This species is likely found around all the tropical islands of the Indian Ocean, although it has not been reported from Mauritius yet. ![]() In Australia it has been recorded from Rowley Shoals and the Kimberley region in Western Australia, Ashmore Reef, the Timor Sea, and the northern Great Barrier Reef as far south as Wheeler Reef in Queensland. The redmouth grouper has an Indo-West Pacific distribution which extends from the Red Sea and Persian Gulf south along the East African court to South Africa, east to the Phoenix Islands in Kiribati, and north to southern Honshu, Japan. The maximum total length is 60 centimetres (24 in). The juveniles have a wide white rear margin to the caudal fin and a thin white margin along the soft-rayed portion of the dorsal fin. The oral cavity, gill cavity, and upper jaw membranes are reddish to orange, thus the common name. The rear part of the spiny portion of the dorsal fin varies in colour from dark orange to brownish red. The colour is dark brown to black, sometimes tinged with orange and a pale vertical bar on the lower flank. They have a caudal fin which is truncate and asymmetrical pectoral fins which are asymmetrical. The middle soft rays of the dorsal and anal fins are elongated in the adults which results in them having an angular profile. The dorsal fin has 9 spines and 17-18 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 8-9 soft rays. The dorsal profile of the head is straight or slightly concave while the anterior dorsal profile between the eye and the origin of the dorsal fin is convex. ![]() The redmouth grouper is laterally compress and oval shaped with a relatively deep body which is around half of the standard length and a large head. It has a wide distribution in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The redmouth grouper ( Aethaloperca rogaa), also known as the red-flushed rock cod is a species of ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. ![]()
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