Gag
Mycteroperca microlepis
Also known as: Charcoal Belly, Gag Grouper, Gagvelvet Rockfish, Velvet Rockfish, Gag-velvet Rockfish
- Charcoal Belly
- Gag Grouper
- Gagvelvet Rockfish
- Velvet Rockfish
- Gag-velvet Rockfish
Overview
Found singly, or in large schools, over rocky bottoms, in seagrass beds, around ledges and wrecks, of inshore and offshore reefs.
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.
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found singly, or in large schools, over rocky bottoms, in seagrass beds, around ledges and wrecks, of inshore and offshore reefs.
Adult photos 1
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