Description

Also known as Butterfish, Cod, Coney Grouper, Deady, Hind, Lemon-yellow Butterfish, Negrofish, Rockcod, Rockhind, Small Grouper, Trout, Yellowfish.

Found singly, hiding during the day in caves and under ledges, dispersing at night hunting for food, over deep, clear water, coral reefs. Colour varies greatly.
They feed on crustaceans and small fish.
Length - 30cm
Depth - 1-150m
Widespread Western Atlantic, Caribbean

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: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Cephalopholis-fulva