Areolate Grouper

Found singly, or in schools, over dead coral, rock, fine sand, and seagrass beds, close to rock and dead coral areas, of shallow continental shelf waters.

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.