Black Marbled Grouper

The brown marbled grouper can be fished in our local waters but are not very commonly seen at the wet market.

Black marbled grouper.

Also known as the black rockcod. I will be going into more details about the giant grouper in my next article. Search for the biggest fish in the international game fish association s database of biggest fish for each species. 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.

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. The brown marbled grouper is found in the indo pacific region growing up to 100cm in length. Found singly in clear waters over channels around lagoon pinnacles and outer reef slopes rich in coral growth. They can live up to 30 years old.

The head of a 270kg grouper can cost as much as 6000 and can feed 80 people. Found singly over shallow to very deep waters of coral and rocky reefs. 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. It is a predatory reef fish which is found in the western atlantic ocean.

The brown marbled grouper is carnivorous and its diet consists mainly in fishes crustaceans and cephalopods it is an ambush predator. 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. Epinephelus inermis valenciennes common name. They feed on crustaceans and fish.

Marbled grouper above photo is a juvenile species codes for trip ticket reporting. Black grouper grow up to five feet long and can weigh up to 180 pounds. Use the search form above to find fishing world records for freshwater fish saltwater fish and more. Black grouper must be at least 22 inches 55 9cm to land recreationally and 24 inches 60 0cm inches to land recreationally.

Length 150cm depth 5 250m widespread western atlantic caribbean groupers are solitary carnivores that hunt near the bottom usually. 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. Brown marbled grouper epinephelus fuscoguttatus. 435 grouper marbled license and endorsements required for commercial harvest.

Again its preferred reef habitat is pretty much the same as that of the black grouper. It is most common in the bahamas.