Sailfin Grouper

Found singly, resting on vertical well structured rock formations, like larva ridges and rock walls of rocky reefs.
Juveniles found over mangroves, sand and seagrass beds of lagoons.

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.