Endangered Goliath Grouper and Cigar Minnows

Category: Nature

 

Photo and caption by Michael Patrick O'Neill

Endangered Goliath Grouper, Epinephelus itajara, congregate on deep shipwrecks along Florida's East coast during the spawning season in August and September. The giant fish are often accompanied by Cigar Minnows, Decapterus punctatus.

Location: Singer Island, FL

 

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