Nassau grouper

Nassau Grouper & People: Nassau grouper were once the most important food fish in the Caribbean, ...

Nassau groupers are found in shallow waters up to 90 metres deep, associated with reef or rocky substrate (4).
Biology – Nassau grouper ...

Nassau Grouper: Epinephelus striatus
Appearance:
Color light background with brown or red-brown bars on sides
Stripe in shape of tuning fork on forehead
Third spine of dorsal is longer than second
Pelvic fins are shorter than pectoral ...

Epinephelus striatus, Nassau Grouper
Epinephelus morio, Red Grouper
Epinephelus cyanopodus, Speckled Blue Grouper
Epinephelus merra, Honeycomb Grouper
Epinephelus tauvina, Greasy Grouper
Eptatretus stoutii, Hagfish
Etelis Oculatus, Queen Snapper ...

In the United States, jewfish and Nassau groupers (E. striatus) are protected from all harvesting. Bag limits and size restrictions have been placed on other grouper species in the United States as well.

In the West Indies and the Florida Keys are found the yellowfin grouper, noted for its many beautiful color phases; the coney, the smallest (9 in./22.5 cm) grouper, colored a livid reddish gray with blue spots; and the Nassau grouper, the rock hind, ...

For example, spiny lobsters and bumphead parrotfish have disappeared from the reefs they normally inhabit; the Nassau grouper has virtually disappeared-in part due to overfishing; and sea cucumbers are missing from half of the surveyed reefs.

See also: Grouper, Coral, Sea Lion, Shark, Turtle