Cephalopholis sonnerati, known as the tomato hind, tomato rockcod, or tomato cod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper of the family Epinephelidae. It is distributed on coral reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific. It is also sometimes called the orange-spotted cod, red coral cod, red rockcod, tomato grouper, or tomato seabass.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Tomato Grouper being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cephalopholis taeniops
- Cephalopholis miniata
- Cephalopholis nigripinnis
- Cephalopholis urodeta
- Cephalopholis spiloparaea
- Cephalopholis hemistiktos
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Cephalopholis
- Species
- Cephalopholis sonnerati
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