> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: Animals
**Phylum**:: Chordata
**Subphylum**:: [Vertebrata](Vertebrata.md)
**Superclass**:: Osteichthyes
**Class**:: Actinopterygii
**Subclass**:: Neopterygii
**Superorder**:: Acanthopterygii
**Order**:: Perciformes
**Suborder**:: Percoidei
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Serranidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Cephalopholis
**Species**:: C. cruentata
**Vernacular**:: Graysby
## Photos
*[116 - 2023-03-01 - Sources chaudes - Saint Pierre - Martinique](116%20-%202023-03-01%20-%20Sources%20chaudes%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - Near a [Stenorhynchus seticornis](Stenorhynchus%20seticornis%20-%20Yellowline%20arrow%20crab.md)*
## Notes
C. cruentata can be identified using the three/four black spots.
## References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graysby
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Cephalopholis-cruentata-Couronne-chat-2930/(rOffset)/1 #to-contribute