A friendly Nassau Grouper near Grand Turk A friendly Nassau Grouper near Grand Turk . This is a Nassau Grouper.
Groupers are the largest fishes that actually live in the coral reef.
That is, they catch other fish by finding a hiding place and waiting there for another fish to swim by so they can jump out and catch it. Although not the biggest of groupers, Nassau Groupers can be as big as 3 feet long and weigh as much as 55 pounds. This grouper is 2.5 feet long and probably weighs 40 pounds. It is a big fish. This particular grouper is quite a character.