SURGE GROUPER

Epinephelus socialis


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SURGE GROUPER

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This shallow-water species is more common on atolls than high islands, and usually found in exposed outer-reef areas. Juveniles and occasionally adults are collected from tide pools. Feeds on crustaceans (mainly grapsid crabs), octopi, and fishes.