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Lazy, or just Resourceful?<br />
Like most reef predators, goliaths<br />
are highly opportunistic feeders.<br />
If something edible is slow and/<br />
or dumb enough to be where a<br />
goliath can get it, even something<br />
on the end of a line, it’s going<br />
to be lunch. But this does not<br />
mean the goliath grouper are<br />
indiscriminate eating machines.<br />
According to Dr. Koenig, and<br />
contrary to what some believe,<br />
grouper and snapper are not<br />
a normal part of the goliath’s<br />
diet. Working closely with NMFS,<br />
FSU’s team of researchers have<br />
examined the stomach contents<br />
from many captured adult and<br />
juvenile fish, only to find that<br />
“not even once have we found a<br />
grouper or snapper inside.”<br />
What they have found by<br />
examining the stomach contents<br />
is that the animal’s preferred prey<br />
- in addition to a wide assortment<br />
of crustaceans and mollusks -<br />
is fish with spiny defenses, like<br />
catfish, burrfish, porcupine fish<br />
and stingrays.<br />
One reason for this preference<br />
has to do with the physical<br />
ways in which goliaths differ<br />
from other species of grouper.<br />
Compared to its body mass and<br />
the size of its’ mouth, the teeth<br />
on a goliath are somewhat<br />
dainty. They lack the crushing<br />
www.underwaterjournal.com June/July 2007