Black Sea Bass

Found singly or in schools, over both shallow and deeper waters, around jetties, piers, and wrecks, over hard bottoms and coral rubble, of lagoons and coastal 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.