F-2286 GAG GROUPER, Myteroperca microlepsis

Very common to see in our area, but usually found offshore on hard bottoms. Caudal emarginate. Preopercle with a deep notch. Anterior and posterior nostrils subequal in size. Olive, mottled with darker olive spots. Soft dorsal, caudal, and anal edged with blue-black, with narrow white margins. Small scales.