DIET COMPOSITION OF JUVENILE BLACK GROUPER (MYCTEROPERCA BONACI) FROM COASTAL NURSERY AREAS OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA, MEXICO.

The article examines the diet composition of young black grouper from the coastal nursery areas of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. Groupers depend from their habitat in search for food and shelter. They tend to have secretive habits, occupying caves, crevices and ledges. Groupers' Yucatá Peninsula habitat mainly consists of sandy-rocky bottoms, which is different from that described for Atlantic and eastern Gulf of Mexico coastal waters.