White spots are commonly found on the body of the red grouper.
At depths of 10 metres species include rays, sharks, wrasse, octopus, squid and groupers.
Catching reef fish like groupers is a constant source of income for many.
The tank has more than 24 sharks, a shovelnose guitarfish, two giant groupers and four stingrays.
In 2001, at the same site, fishers caught just 9 individuals out of an aggregation of 21 groupers.
One fact helps to preserve a bit the brown-marbled groupers in some geographic areas and it is the ciguatera which affects its flesh.
Fish species found in the islands include many species of shark, ray, moray eel, bream, jack, grunt, scorpionfish, triggerfish, grouper, goby, and blenny.
Other common names include donkey fish, mutton hamlet, rockhind, and sicklefish grouper.
