Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Pacific creolefish
Pacific creolefish
Scientific Name: Paranthias colonus
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Epinephelinae
Category: Groupers
Size: Up to  
Depth: 10-200 ft. (3-60 m)
Distribution: Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Peru

Fish
Groupers & Seabasses
Groupers

Pacific creolefish

Humpback Grouper (Juvenile)

Humpback Grouper

Slender Grouper

Highfin Coral Grouper

Blacksaddled Coral Grouper

Blacksaddled Coral Grouper (Dark Variation)

Yellow-Edged Lyretail

Potato Cod

Goliath Grouper

Nassau Grouper

Red Hind

Brown-Marbled Grouper

Honeycomb grouper

Camouflage Grouper

Blacktip Grouper

Specklefin Grouper (Juvenile)

Specklefin Grouper

Starry Grouper

Black Grouper

Tiger Grouper

Yellowmouth Grouper

Yellowfin Grouper

Yellowfin Grouper (Young Adult)

Leopard Grouper

Graysby

Coney

Coney (Bicolor Variation)

Coney (Golden Variation)

Peacock Grouper

Bluespotted Grouper

Harlequin Grouper

Flagtail Grouper

Leopard Hind

Strawberry Grouper

Tomato Grouper

Coral Grouper

Six-Banded Grouper

Panama Graysby

Masked grouper

Atlantic Creolefish

Soapfishes
Seabasses
Anthias
Basslets

External Reference: fishbase.org itis.gov

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