Tomato Grouper

Found singly, over rocky substrates, around bommies with holes for cover, frequently found at shrimp cleaning stations, over deep lagoon reefs and steep outer reef slopes.
Juveniles found around coral heads and sponges.

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.