#2350 · 🐟 fish
Peacock Grouper
🇳🇱 Pauwtandbaars ·Cephalopholis argus
📍 Queensland, Australia
📍 Ribbon Reef, Lizard 4892, Australia
📍 Puako, HI, USA
📍 Alalakeiki Channel, HI, US
📍 Gordon Reef, Straits of Tiran
📍 Mārō'ē, Huahine, French Polynesia
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © François Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © David R · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © 104623964081378888743 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Queensland, Australia:© eli_hadwen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Ribbon Reef, Lizard 4892, Australia:© warren cameron · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Puako, HI, USA:© brock · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Alalakeiki Channel, HI, US:© Rachel Munger · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © lausbub00 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 9. Gordon Reef, Straits of Tiran:© 107120830535687523870 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Mārō'ē, Huahine, French Polynesia:© Jim Scarff · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Cephalopholis argus , also known as roi , bluespotted grouper , argus grouper , peacock hind , peacock grouper , peacock rockcod or celestial grouper , is a fish from the Indo-Pacific which is variously a commercial gamefish, an invasive species, and occasionally an aquarium resident. Its species name comes from its resemblance to the "hundred staring eyes" of the monster Argus in Greek mythology.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,185 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider in 1801 (225 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Peacock Grouper
- Nederlands
- Pauwtandbaars
- scientific name
- Cephalopholis argus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Epinephelidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,185
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1801 by Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Epinephelidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 52456, Wikidata Q1862279, GBIF 2388891, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.