WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Black Grouper

Mycteroperca bonaci

Also known as: Black Rockfish, Cod, Marbled Grouper, Marbled Rockfish, Hind, Rockcod, Rockfish, Trout

NTNear ThreatenedIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@jonathanffrench · Islamorada, Florida, United States · August 20141 / 5
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Overview

Found singly over shallow to very deep waters of coral and rocky 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.

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How to identify

Pattern
mottled
Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
  • Country only · 5
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Found singly over shallow to very deep waters of coral and rocky reefs.

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Adult photos 5

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusMycteroperca
    7. speciesMycteroperca bonaci (Poey, 1860)

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)