Black Marbled Grouper

Length 150cm depth 5 250m widespread western atlantic caribbean groupers are solitary carnivores that hunt near the bottom usually.

Black marbled grouper.

Also known as black rockfish cod marbled grouper marbled rockfish hind rockcod rockfish trout. Black grouper grow up to five feet long and can weigh up to 180 pounds. Brown marbled grouper epinephelus fuscoguttatus. It is most common in the bahamas.

They begin life as a female and some change into males as they grow usually between two and four feet in length or 11 and 14 years old. Black grouper must be at least 22 inches 55 9cm to land recreationally and 24 inches 60 0cm inches to land recreationally. It is a predatory reef fish which is found in the western atlantic ocean. Epinephelus inermis valenciennes common name.

435 grouper marbled license and endorsements required for commercial harvest. They can live up to 30 years old. The marbled grouper dermatolepis inermis donkey fish mutton hamlet rockhind and sicklefish grouper is a species of marine ray finned fish a grouper from the subfamily epinephelinae which is part of the family serranidae which also includes the anthias and sea basses. Found singly over shallow to very deep waters of coral and rocky reefs.

Marbled grouper above photo is a juvenile species codes for trip ticket reporting. Found singly in clear waters over channels around lagoon pinnacles and outer reef slopes rich in coral growth. Also known as the black rockcod. The brown marbled grouper can be fished in our local waters but are not very commonly seen at the wet market.

Shows various colors including two major phases one of which would make it difficult to tell from the black grouper were it not for the bright yellow trim. The brown marbled grouper is found in the indo pacific region growing up to 100cm in length. Food and bait code. The brown marbled grouper is carnivorous and its diet consists mainly in fishes crustaceans and cephalopods it is an ambush predator.

The head of a 270kg grouper can cost as much as 6000 and can feed 80 people. Search for the biggest fish in the international game fish association s database of biggest fish for each species. Black groupers do not mature until they grow past 28 inches 71 1cm landing them at sizes smaller than this may be detrimental to black grouper populations because many animals landed may not be given the opportunity. They feed on crustaceans and fish.

Again its preferred reef habitat is pretty much the same as that of the black grouper. I will be going into more details about the giant grouper in my next article.