Potato grouper

(Epinephelus tukula)

The general color of the body is pale brownish gray with several large dark brown to black spots, the head with small dark brown spots and stripes, usually radiating from the eyes. Dark spots on the fins are closer to the periphery. Adults may be almost black. The largest recorded parameters: length - 200 cm, weight - 110 kg. Usually found on deep-sea reefs, underwater rocks, at the bottom of channels. It feeds on reef fish, rays, crabs and spiny lobsters. Potentially dangerous, as it protects its territory from outside intrusion.

Blacksaddled coral grouper

(Plectropomus laevis)

The body color is light, almost white with a dark back and clearly defined transverse black stripes, tapering from the back to the belly. The largest recorded parameters: length - 125 cm, weight - 24.2 kg. Voracious inhabitant of marine reefs and lagoons. During the period of short-range migrations, it forms flocks, although usually no more than one or two fish are found on the reef. It feeds mainly on fish and partly on crustaceans. Very tasty fish, but cases of ciguaterra are known.

Guitar shark

It has a powerful jaw and flat, crushing teeth that easily crush the shells of crabs, sea urchins and molluscs. They also feed on small fish and other benthic invertebrates. Rochleobraznye are mostly ovoviviparous. They are found mainly in tropical waters off the coast of Africa, Australia, India, etc. On the coast of the Indian Ocean, locals eat dead-shaped rays in fresh and salted forms. According to a number of features, representatives of the Rough-like order resemble sharks, but their gill openings are located on the lower surface of the body. The length of some rokhleobraznyh reaches up to 3 meters, on the caudal fin there is a lower lobe. The stingrays of this order live on the sandy bottom near the reefs, some species swim closer to the shore, often staying away from the bottom. Sharks (Selachimorpha) are a superorder of cartilaginous fishes, including eight orders, twenty families and about 350 species. Representatives of the superorder are widespread in all seas and oceans; freshwater sharks are also found. Most of the species belong to the so-called real predators, some species, in particular whale, giant and largemouth sharks, feed on plankton.