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Here is some additional information about Grouper in Florida.


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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