Toadstool groper

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title: "Toadstool groper" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["anthiadidae", "fish-described-in-1859", "taxa-named-by-albert-günther"] description: "Species of ray-finned fish" topic_path: "general/anthiadidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toadstool_groper" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Species of ray-finned fish ::

| image = Trachypoma macaranthus (Toadstool groper).jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = | taxon = Trachypoma macracanthus | display_parents = 3 | parent_authority = Günther, 1859 | authority = Günther, 1859

The toadstool groper (Trachypoma macracanthus), also known as the Pacific rockcod, Pacific perch, Strawberry cod and whitespotted sea bass is a ray-finned fish of the family Anthiadidae which is found in the southern Pacific Ocean. Its length is between 20 and 40 cm.

Description

The toadstool groper is bright orange or red in colour with an irregular pattern of small white spots covering its body and the fins. It has large eyes which are set high on head. The lower border of the preopercular bone has three upward curving spines. The dorsal fin 12 spines while the anal fin contains 6 soft rays. This species grows to around 40 cm in length. Although other authorities give it a maximum length of 22 cm.

Distribution

The toadstool groper has been recorded from New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands, Easter Island, and the Desventuradas Islands of Chile. Around Australia it is found around southwestern and southeastern Australia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and the Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs.

Habitat and biology

The toadstool groper is found in rocky reefs,

Species description

The toadstool groper was first formally described by the German born British ichthyologist Albert Günther in 1859 with the type locality given as Norfolk Island.

References

• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982)

References

1. Williams, J.T.. (2016). "''Trachypoma macracanthus''".
2. "Trachypoma macracanthus". Reef Life Survey.
3. Dianne J. Bray. "''Trachypoma macracanthus''". Museums Victoria.
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5. (2014). "''Trachypoma macracanthus'' (Gunther, 1859)". Solitary Islands Underwater Research Group Inc.
6. "A Big Fish Story". WildBlue.
7. "''Trachypoma macracanthus''".

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