Dusky Parrotfish

Dusky parrotfish, Scarus niger, common names the swarthy parrotfish, and black parrotfish, is a species of parrotfish. It is in  the phylum Chordata, class Actinopterygii and family Scaridae. Like other members of its family, it has characteristic 10 dorsal soft rays, 9 dorsal spines, 9 anal soft rays, and 3 anal spines ...

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 ...

Epinephelus marginatus - Brown Grouper - Dusky Grouper

The video was shot on a shoal offshore in a stretch of the Mar Ligure coast, where the groupers had long since practically disappeared and where already in several dives we have seen small specimens of Epinephelus marginatus, the endemic Brown Grouper of the Mediterranean Sea. ...