Nature’s Best Photography
Ocean Views
Experience the Ocean Through the Art of Photography
June 11, 2008 through November 2008
Goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara)
and Cigar minnows (Decapterus macarellus)
Offshore Jupiter, Florida, USA
by Douglas David Seifert, Jupiter, Florida, USA
Goliaths are the largest members of the grouper
family and are endangered throughout their
range in the Atlantic Ocean. In autumn, they
gather around deep-water wrecks, caves, and
ledges off the coasts of Florida to form mating
aggregations. Schooling cigar minnows form dense
clouds around the groupers to seek protection
from predatory fish, such as jacks and barracuda.
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