Size: 1 to 3.5 ft.
ID: Tiger striped bars; it will turn quite
reddish at a cleaning station
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Perciformes / Perch-like fishes
Family: Serranidae / Sea basses (Groupers)
Genus Species: Mycteroperca tigris /
Tiger Grouper
Habitat: reefs, walls, secluded bottoms, cleaning
stations
Typical food: fish, crustaceans
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; wary
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