Various 'sporting' fish are present in the waters of both islands and include huge grouper, marlin, barracuda and dolphin-fish.

Other names for this species include salmon grouper, grouper, tom cod (juveniles), and slimy.

Specialties include cashew-crusted grouper with sautéed shrimp, roasted corn, mashed potatoes and green chili butter for $26.50.

It was a worthwhile wait for a $25 meal that included grilled grouper, Key lime pie and a couple of beers.

Usual catches included grouper, butterfish, goatfish, grunt, snapper, oldwife and hammerheads (a blue fish which is now rarely seen).

In Indian parlance, Panama means abundance of fish - which include Spanish mackerel, snapper and grouper.

Good entrees include grouper with vegetables, roasted suckling pig and crisply sauteed salmon steak with two sauces.

The main types of fish caught include redfish, red bullet, herring, sardines, tuna, yellowfish and grouper.

Predators that feed on stone crabs include horse conch, grouper, sea turtles, cobia, octopuses, and humans.

Mangrove marine life includes shrimp, mudskipper, mullet, grouper and garfish.