Grouper. The most common species, this is reddish or yellowish brown particularly popular in North Africa. Being firm and dense, and relatively bone-free, makes it good for poaching or grilling. Good cold.
Bronze or white grouper. A large fish similar to a sea bream, generally grey in colour. May be recognised from distinctive whites lines on the cheeks. These groupers are found more in the south of the Mediterranean than the north, particularly around Cyprus.
Dogtooth grouper. The largest of the Mediterranean groupers, this is a bulky grouper with a dark grey body found around the north African coast.
Wreckfish or stone bass, a type of grouper cooked like wrasse and used in soups or cut into steaks or filleted. It may grow as large as 2 m (6 ft) in length and it is found in both the Mediterranean and throughout the Atlantic. Wreckfish are inclined to follow bits of flotsam and jetsam floating on the surface of the sea.
Grouper. The most common species, this is reddish or yellowish brown particularly popular in North Africa. Being firm and dense, and relatively bone-free, makes it good for poaching or grilling. Good cold.
Grouper. The most common species, this is reddish or yellowish brown particularly popular in North Africa. Being firm and dense, and relatively bone-free, makes it good for poaching or grilling. Good cold. May also be a wreckfish.
