Species photo: Debra Baker, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist
Cephalopholis argus
$90.00
A medium argus grouper, dark brown with hundreds of black-ringed blue spots like tiny eyes.
Only 1 left in our tanks
From our species guide
In plain words: The argus grouper is a dark brown fish covered in hundreds of tiny blue dots. Each dot has a thin black ring around it, so it looks like a little eye. That is how the fish got its name.
Named after the hundred-eyed giant of Greek myth, the argus (peacock) grouper is chocolate brown and covered in small blue spots, each ringed in black, and larger fish add pale bars toward the tail. This listing is a medium-size fish. It is a hardy predator that likes to perch on rock and hide in caves, and it eats small fish, shrimp and crabs. Adults reach about two feet, so plan for a tank of 180 gallons or more.
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