Description

Also known as Cod, Gulf Grouper, Hind, Poey's Grouper, Rockcod, Trout, White Grouper, Yellow-edged Grouper, Yellowfin Grouper, Yellow-finned Grouper.

Found singly on mud, rock and sandy bottoms, close to burrow excavations and along trenches in deeper waters.
They feed on small fish and invertebrates.
Length - 115cm
Depth - 60-360m
Widespread Western Atlantic, Caribbean

This fish is listed as vulnerable due to the overall decline!

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/1205