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Blue-spotted Rockcod
Cephalopholis cyanostigma (Valenciennes, 1828)
A Blue-spotted Rockcod at a depth of 10m, "Pixie Gardens", Ribbon Reef # 9, Great Barrier Reef, off Cooktown, Queensland, June 2002. View larger image.
A Blue-spotted Rockcod at a depth of 18m, "Temple of Doom", Ribbon Reefs, north of Port Douglas, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, December 2000. View larger image.
The Blue-spotted Rockcod is brown to orange-brown with numerous small blue spots on the head, body and fins. Each spot has a black margin and is surrounded by a white "halo".
This species grows to 35cm in length.
It occurs in tropical marine waters of the Western Pacific.
In Australia it is recorded from the offshore reefs of north-western Western Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.
View a map of the collecting localities of specimens in the Australian Museum Fish Collection.
Further reading
- Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Western Australian Museum. Pp. 292.
- Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. New Holland. Pp. 433.
- Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & R.C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Pp. 557.
