Tiger Grouper
Mycteroperca tigris
Also known as: Cod, Hind, Rockcod, Rockfish, Rockhind, Tiger Rockfish, Trout
- Cod
- Hind
- Rockcod
- Rockfish
- Rockhind
- Tiger Rockfish
- Trout
Overview
Found singly, hiding amongst coral, rocks, and sponges, ready to ambush their prey, over 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.
How to identify
- Pattern
- white stripes
- Head & Mouth
- red mouth
- Behaviour
- ambush predatorhidessolitary
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
- Country only · 11
Found singly, hiding amongst coral, rocks, and sponges, ready to ambush their prey, over coral and rocky reefs.
Adult photos 11
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