Beck Crawfordand

Max Cole

There are five different groups of animals with vertebrates.• Mammals• Reptiles• Fish• They usually have

scales and fins.• AmphibiansAnd Birds

Most fish have these characteristics:

• They are cold blooded.• They live in water all their lives.• They give birth to babies hatched

from eggs.• Fish breathe through gills.

The Sunfish and the Giant Grouper are both fish.

sunfishGiant grouper

Giant Grouper The giant grouper is the largest bony fish

found in coral reefs. It is the aquatic emblem of Queensland, Australia.

They hide in caves and surprise their prey by blending into their surroundings.

A giant grouper has adapted by having a large mouth so that it can eat its prey… the small shark, small fish, and juvenile sea turtles.

Giant Grouper

Lots of Different Names

The giant grouper also known as the Brindle Bass, Brown Spotted Cod, Bumblebee grouper and Queensland grouper. They have different colors and markings that help camouflage them.

The Giant Grouper

Their mouth and gills form a powerful sucking system that sucks their prey in from a distance. They also use their mouth to dig into sand in order to form their shelters under big rocks.

Sunfish

Sunfish can be found swimming in warm parts of the ocean. It swims in a school of fish so that it stays safe.

The sunfish floats on its side at the top of the sea. It heats itself up by doing that.

The Sunfish

It looks like a circle and it has a flat body. This fish swims by flapping its fins.

The Sunfish

It has a small mouth so it can eat Jellyfish.

Sunfish

Fish can be found swimming in warm parts of the ocean. It swims in a school of fish so that it stays safe.

The Giant Grouper and the Sunfish

We hope you enjoyed learning about the Giant Grouper and the Sunfish.