Fish
Moustache Rockcod
Epinephelus chabaudi
A South African grouper first described from Algoa Bay, one of the reef-dwelling rockcod of the southern and eastern coast.
Also known as moustache, snorbaard- malabar
- Habitat
- Reef and rocky bottom
The moustache rockcod is a grouper originally described from Algoa Bay, part of the rockcod group that shelters on reef and rocky bottom.
Like its relatives it is a robust, ambush-feeding fish that stays close to structure.