Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Black Grouper
Black Grouper
Scientific Name: Mycteroperca bonaci
Order: Perciformes
Family: Epinephelidae
Category: Groupers
Size: 1 to 3 ft. (30 to 90 cm)  
Depth: 20-100 ft. (6-30 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Bermuda, Gulf of America, Brazil

Groupers & Seabasses
Groupers

Black Grouper

Yellowmouth Grouper

Leopard Grouper

Tiger Grouper

Yellowfin Grouper

Yellowfin Grouper (Young Adult)

Atlantic Creolefish

Blacksaddled Coral Grouper

Blacksaddled Coral Grouper (Dark Variation)

Highfin Coral Grouper

Yellow-Edged Lyretail

Slender Grouper

Peacock Grouper

Pacific creolefish

Graysby

Bluespotted Grouper

Coney

Coney (Bicolor Variation)

Coney (Golden Variation)

Leopard Hind

Coral Grouper

Panama Graysby

Harlequin Grouper

Six-Banded Grouper

Tomato Grouper

Strawberry Grouper

Flagtail Grouper

Humpback Grouper (Juvenile)

Humpback Grouper

Blacktip Grouper

Brown-Marbled Grouper

Red Hind

Hexagon Grouper

Goliath Grouper

Starry Grouper

Honeycomb Grouper

Specklefin Grouper (Juvenile)

Specklefin Grouper

Camouflage Grouper

Nassau Grouper

Potato Cod

Masked grouper



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