White Grouper

Senegal national team · “Lions of Teranga” (Senegal)

Fun fish fact: thieboudienne, Senegal's national dish of fish and rice, is usually cooked with white grouper. Football: at their first World Cup, in 2002, Senegal reached the quarter-finals.

Source: Wikipedia

This big, calm grouper likes to hang about by the pier like a centre-back holding the line. In Senegal it is cooked with rice for the national dish, and Senegal's team reached the World Cup quarter-finals on their first try. This grouper is happy to watch the next World Cup from the sea.

On Futbol Island the white grouper can be caught at:

• South Pier Fishing Station: The old fishing station at the end of the South Pier. Mackerel shoals pass here.

Size on the island: 50–110 cm.