Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Pacific creolefish
Cephalopholis colonus
Pacific creolefish
Category: Groupers
Scientific Name: Cephalopholis colonus
Synonyms: Paranthias colonus
Size: Up to
Depth: 10-200 ft. (3-60 m)
Distribution: Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Peru
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Actinopteri (Superclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Perciformes (Order)
└Percoidei (Suborder)
└Epinephelidae (Family)
└Cephalopholis (Genus)
└C. colonus (Species)
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