SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordate Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Ser

MARINE FISHESGROUPER, SPOTTED SCAT, PARROT FISH, SIGANID, SEA BASS, SHARK, SNAPPER, SEA HORSE, AND EEL

Grouper

Spotted Scat

SiganidParrot Fish

Sea BassShark

SnapperSea Horse

Eelgrouper

GROUPER

SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordate Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Serranidae Subfamily: Epinephelinae

DESCRIPTION:teleostshaving a stout body and large mouththey are not long distance and fast swimmer fishthey can be quite large and lengths over a meter and a weights up to 100 kg.they do not have many teeth on the edges of their jaws, but they have heavy crushing tooth plates inside their pharynxthey swallow prey rather than biting pieces off itthey eat fish, octopuses and crustaceansthey have powerful mouth and gills

REPRODUCTION:They are mostly monandric protogynous hermaphrodites.Some are gonochoristic; gonochorism or a reproductive strategy with two distinct sexes, has evolved independently in groupers at least five times.Gonochoristic groupers have large testes than protogynous groupers( about 10% of the body mass compared to 1% of the body mass).

HABITAT:Occurring in shallow, in shore waters to depths of 150 feet(46 m).In the areas of rocks. Corals, and mud bottoms.Also, in mangroves and brackish estuaries, near oyster burs.FOOD HABITS:they eat:

fish

octopuses

crustaceans

young turtles

and some sharks