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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Marine Species Report Writing

Snapper
Habitat
snapper usually live around rocky reefs, or sandy and muddy areas to hide from there predators. They live in warm coastal waters around the north island and at the top of the South Island in New Zealand.                        


Predator
The Snapper itself is not a predator. But there are many other sea predators that feed on snappers such as shark, squids, whales and many other predators.


Diet
These fish feed on sea worms, and crustaceans found in the open ocean.  Big snapper eats fish and larger, hardened bodied sea creatures.


Population

Snapper grows up to 60 years maximum. Their average size is up to 30-50 cm. Some snapper grows up to 105 cm, most don’t grow that far.