Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Harlequin Grouper
Harlequin Grouper
Scientific Name: Cephalopholis polleni
Order: Perciformes
Family: Epinephelidae
Category: Groupers
Also known as: Harlequin Hind
Size: Up to 14 in. (35 cm)  
Depth: 80-300 ft. (25-90 m)
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, Micronesia, French Polynesia

Groupers & Seabasses
Groupers

Harlequin Grouper

Six-Banded Grouper

Tomato Grouper

Strawberry Grouper

Flagtail Grouper

Humpback Grouper (Juvenile)

Humpback Grouper

Blacktip Grouper

Brown-Marbled Grouper

Red Hind

Hexagon Grouper

Goliath Grouper

Starry Grouper

Honeycomb Grouper

Specklefin Grouper (Juvenile)

Specklefin Grouper

Camouflage Grouper

Nassau Grouper

Potato Cod

Masked grouper

Black Grouper

Yellowmouth Grouper

Leopard Grouper

Tiger Grouper

Yellowfin Grouper

Yellowfin Grouper (Young Adult)

Atlantic Creolefish

Blacksaddled Coral Grouper

Blacksaddled Coral Grouper (Dark Variation)

Highfin Coral Grouper

Yellow-Edged Lyretail

Slender Grouper

Peacock Grouper

Pacific creolefish

Graysby

Bluespotted Grouper

Coney

Coney (Bicolor Variation)

Coney (Golden Variation)

Leopard Hind

Coral Grouper

Panama Graysby



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