Butter Hamlet

Found singly, close to the bottom, around piers, reef faces, and slopes, of shallow seaward reefs.
Juveniles found in mangrove areas.

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.