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Scamp Grouper Fishing Information
source: myfwc.com
illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Description: color light gray or brown; large adults with
elongated caudal-fin rays; reddish-brown spots on sides that
tend to be grouped into lines; some yellow around
corners of mouth.
Similar fish: yellowmouth grouper,
M. interstitalis.
Where found: NEARSHORE reefs off the
northeastern coast, and on OFFSHORE
reefs in the Gulf.
Size: generally smaller than gags or blacks.
Remarks: spawns in late spring; feed on small fish,
squid, and crustaceans; undergoes sex transformation from female to male as it becomes older.
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