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Bony fish

Yellowfin Grouper

Mycteroperca venenosa

Also known as: Cod, Fireback Grouper, Hind, Monkey Rockfish, Princess Rockfish, Red Rockfish, Rockcod, Rockfish, Rockhind, Rocky Grouper, Trout, Yellow-finned Grouper

NTNear ThreatenedIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@craitaka · Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas · December 20131 / 2
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Overview

Found singly, resting on mud bottoms, over coral and rocky reefs.
Juveniles found in seagrass beds.

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.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found singly, resting on mud bottoms, over coral and rocky reefs.

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Adult photos 2

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusMycteroperca
    7. speciesMycteroperca venenosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)