Size: 1.5-4 ft.
ID: Wide black tail end, thin yellow pectoral rim
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Perciformes / Perch-like fishes
Family: Serranidae / Sea basses (Groupers)
Genus Species: Mycteroperca bonaci / Black
Grouper
Habitat: reef bottoms or above in open water or off walls
Typical food: small fish and crabs
Other information: solitary carnivore lurks in wrecks, reef
shadows, or ledges; draws prey into gullet by powerful suction
from opening large mouth; swallows prey whole after holding it in small
rasp like teeth that cover the jaws, tongue and palate;
grouper are hermaphroditic and begin life as females, then change to
males with maturity.
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