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Ray-finned Fishes of Zihuatanejo

CLASS ACTINOPTERYGII

Pacific Graysby

Cephalopholis panamensis

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Chordates (Phylum Chordata)

-Vertebrates (Subphylum Vertebrata)

-Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)

-Gobies and Allies (Order Gobiiformes)

-Perch-like Fishes (Order Perciformes)

-Suborder Percoidei

-Groupers (Family Epinephelidae)

-Genus Cephalopholis

-Pacific Graysby (Cephalopholis panamensis)


Cephalopholis panamensis is a grouper fish from the Eastern Pacific Ocean. It grows to a size of 31cm in length. The Panama Graysby is a resident of all Mexican waters of the Pacific Ocean. Feeds on other fishes and crustaceans.

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