The hawaiian grouper hyporthodus quernus also known as the hawaiian black grouper seale s grouper or hapuʻupuʻu 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.
Is marbled grouper edible.
They come from the indo pacific which is variously a commercial gamefish an invasive species and occasionally an aquarium resident.
Part of the family serranidae which also includes the anthias and sea basses.
Ray you caught a marbled grouper dermatolepis inermis which some ichthyologists place in the genus epinephelus this species ranges from north carolina to brazil including the gulf of mexico and caribbean sea at depths from 10 to more than 1 000 feet.
This grouper is solitary sedentary it defends a well defined territory benthic and has an nocturnal which can be maximal at sunrise and or at sunset.
Banded houndshark coral catshark and whitespotted bamboo shark duration.
Groupers are teleosts typically having a stout body and a large mouth they are not built for long distance fast swimming.
They can be quite large and lengths over a meter and the largest is the atlantic goliath grouper epinephelus itajara which has been weighed at 399 kilograms 880 pounds and a length of 2 43 m 7 ft 11 1 2 in though in such a large group species vary considerably.
Deeper bodied than most groupers its shape is reminiscent of the unrelated tripletail.
Bahamas and south florida.
There is a distinctive small black saddle at the base of the tail.
Feeding time for the shark tank.
Marbled grouper epinephelus inermis range.
It is a predatory reef fish which is found in the western atlantic ocean.
This video is about marbled grouper.
The brown marbled grouper can be fished in our local waters but are not very commonly seen at the wet market.
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.
They grow to a maximum length of about 1m but are commonly around 60 70cm.
They are brown in colour with darker blotches grouped in about 5 vertical bands.
Cephalopholis argus the peacock hind roi bluespotted grouper and celestial grouper is a species of marine ray finned fish a member of the subfamily epinephelinae the groupers.
Dark brown or charcoal with numerous white spots.
Very deep dropoffs or seamounts in 500 feet or more of water.
Popular edible warm water fish.
It is endemic to hawaii.