Large mottled fish with a broad head, thick lips, and rounded fins.

Queensland grouper

Epinephelus lanceolatus
Where at Shedd?
Wild Reef
Diet Spiny lobsters, fishes, including small sharks and batoids, juvenile sea turtles and crustaceans
Size Length: Up to 9 feet (270 cm); Common length: 6 feet (190 cm)
Type Fishes
Range Estuaries, harbors, coral reefs, caves and wrecks in the Southeast Atlantic, Indian and West-Central Pacific Oceans
Habitat On coral reefs of the Indian and central Pacific Oceans; common in shallow waters, caves or wrecks and in estuaries

Did you know?

  1. The Queensland grouper is the largest reef dwelling fish in the world.
  2. Groupers start their lives as females then later change their sex to males.
  3. Most groupers form huge spawning groups. Hundreds to thousands of individuals from many different areas will travel hundreds of miles in order to find a mate.