The grouper is a type of grouper. Grouper belongs to the class of Scleractinia, subclass of Spinopterygii, subclass of Echinodermata, subclass of Perciformes, subclass of Perciformes, and family of Serranidae, and is a warm-water medium-sized and large marine fish, which is widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical waters, and in China, it is mainly distributed in the Taiwan Straits and the South China Sea waters.

Because grouper is rich in nutrients, tasty meat, low fat, high protein and other characteristics, in Hong Kong and Macao is considered one of the four famous fish in our country, is a high-grade feast must be on top of the edible fish.

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Habitat: Grouper is a benthic fish, and its adults mainly inhabit coral reefs and near-shore rocky reefs, and some of them also inhabit in the sea where the substrate is sandy, muddy or silty, such as bronze groupers, brown groupers and jeweled groupers, etc. Its juveniles prefer seagrass beds, mangrove forests and other habitats.

Grouper species generally inhabit waters shallower than 100m, such as the white-lined light palate seabass and the cross-banded nine-spined seabass, while some species inhabit waters between 100 and 200m, such as the orange-spined nine-spined seabass. Most grouper are solitary fish and generally do not group together except in clusters during the breeding season.

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