Description

Also known as Cod, Hind, Rockcod, Trout.

Found singly or in schools, over both shallow and deeper waters, around jetties, piers, and wrecks, over hard bottoms and coral rubble, of lagoons and coastal reefs.
They feed on crustaceans, small fish and molluscs.
Length - 40cm
Depth - 1-130m
Widespread Western Atlantic

Groupers are solitary carnivores that hunt near the bottom usually at dusk. Food is drawn into their mouths by a powerful suction when they open their overly large mouths and then swallowed whole.
Spawning is seasonal and controlled by the moons phase. Ref: http://fishbase.org/summary/361