Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Tomato Grouper
Cephalopholis sonnerati
Tomato Grouper
Category: Groupers
Scientific Name: Cephalopholis sonnerati
Size: Up to 20 in. (50 cm)  
Depth: 30-400 ft. (10-120 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Chordata (Phylum)
Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Perciformes (Order)
     └Percoidei (Suborder)
      └Epinephelidae (Family)
       └Cephalopholis (Genus)
        └C. sonnerati (Species)

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