This colorful Cephalopholis grouper (also called a garish hind, goldbar grouper, garish rockcod, or Japanese cod - although it is not related to cods) was seen towards the end of Dive 01 of Mountains in the Deep at the Aunuʻu Unit of National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. The red dots are lasers, 10 centimeters (3.9 inches) apart, that give scale to our images. The species grows to about 43 centimeters (17 inches) total length. It is marketed fresh and eaten when caught by hook and line when fishing for other bottomfish, but it is too uncommon to be targeted by commercial fisheries. The species is known from southern Japan through Taiwan and the Philippines eastward to Guam, American Samoa, and Tahiti in the Society Islands. Like other groupers, it is a predator that feeds on small fish and crustaceans.