Coral hind (Cephalopholis miniata) is a saltwater species recorded in Taiwan, Malaysia. It is mainly found over reef, at depths of 2–150 m. The main season in Taiwan, Malaysia runs spring, summer.
Scientific name: Cephalopholis miniata · Water: Saltwater · Season: Spring, Summer
Size: up to 50 cm
The coral hind is a serranid of the genus Cephalopholis that inhabits the clear waters of coral reefs, more often in exposed than sheltered reef areas. It feeds on fishes, which make up about eighty per cent of the diet, chiefly Pseudanthias squamipinnis, and on crustaceans. It lives in harems of one dominant male with two to twelve females, each group holding a territory of up to 475 square metres subdivided into secondary territories that a single female defends. It is generally common. Its range runs from the Red Sea and Durban in South Africa east to the Line Islands, including most islands of the Indian and west-central Pacific, but it is absent from the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. In season in summer, it lives from 2 to 150 m and reaches about 50 cm total length. It supports commercial fisheries, is a game fish and a commercial aquarium species, and sells in the highest price band, with a trophic level of 4.3, high to very high fishing vulnerability at 65 of 100, high climate vulnerability at 57, and low resilience.
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