Goliath Grouper

Coastal Habitats

Animals of the Gulf Waters 

Goliath Grouper

Epinephelus itajara

Goliath Grouper, with their large mouth and spotty brown coloring, lurk near jetties, pilings and river mouths waiting to ambush anything edible that comes by. This feeding strategy must be pretty successful since some of these fish weigh in at 700 pounds!

Animals of the Gulf Waters

Barred Grunt

Barracuda

Greater Amberjack

Cobia

Permit

Lesser Electric Ray

Bighead Sea Robin

Bay Whiff

Sand Seatrout

Striped Bass

Silver Seatrout

Atlantic Cutlassfish

Yellowtail Snapper

Lane Snapper

Rock Hind

Red Snapper

Tarpon

Atlantic Spadefish

Vermilion Snapper

Bluefish

Scamp

Dolphin Fish

Tripletail

Snook

Great Hammerhead

Bull Shark

Lemon Shark

Blacktip Shark

Atlantic Stingray

Cownose Ray

Yellowfin Tuna

Atlantic Bonito

Goliath Grouper

Select a coastal habitat:

• Salt Marshes
• Bays and Estuaries
• Jetties
• Nearshore Waters
• Gulf Waters