
Coral Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) ユカタハタ
Coral Grouper on top of the coral head that it lives by. Amami 2025

I caught this Coral Grouper spying on me, while I was taking pictures of shrimp in a cave. Amami 2024

A juvenile Coral Grouper has faint spots by the gills. The look very much like the Pseudanthias squamipinnis and are often seen with them. Amami 2025