Attack of the mediterranean Grouper

In this short video we see a Mediterranean grouper, Epinephelus marginatus, making a lightning-fast sprint towards a probable prey. It would seem the classic attack of a predatory fish but even if you slow down the footage ten times you cannot see the wide open mouth of the fish devouring the prey. So probably the groupers and the serranidae in general are endowed with an incredible speed that both the human eye and the most advanced action cameras cannot perceive. attacco della Cernia mediterranea intotheblue.it

Attack of the mediterranean Grouper intotheblue.it
Attack of the mediterranean Grouper intotheblue.it

 

Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus Lowe, 1834) is a fish belonging to the family Serranidae.

 

Habitat and distribution

Commonly lives in the Mediterranean Sea at a depth between 10 and 50 meters (pushing up to 200), often near rocky seabed rich in caves and crevices. Younger birds live near the coast. It is however also met in the Eastern Atlantic and the western Indian Ocean, the British Isles and to Mozambique and Madagascar. In the ocean western Atlantic in southern Brazil and Uruguay to Argentina.

L' attacco della Cernia mediterranea intotheblue.it
L’ attacco della Cernia mediterranea intotheblue.it

 

Description

Large, up to 140-150 centimeters for even 60 kg of weight. Long-lived (even 50 years with estimated maximum age of 61 years). It is brown in color with lighter patches, basically darker in older specimens; Typical clear stains around the eye.

Behavior

Solitary, territorial, rather reserved, even if a certain animal’s curiosity is documented.

Related species

In the Mediterranean Sea live other species of Epinephelus marginatus as well as E. E. aeneus, E. costae, E. caninus. E. marginatus is recognized by the other because of the margin of the caudal fin rounded convexly to the lateral light stripes on the head and the typical brown color, more gray in the other species. The Mediterranean grouper family, however, is complemented by two other species of groupers different kind: Polyprion americanus and Mycteroperca rubra, known respectively as wreckfish, and red grouper.

(Wikipedia)

 

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