Fish and Wildlife Research Institute: "In 2009, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute initiated new studies to better characterize offshore recreational fishing for a group of finfish species collectively termed “reef fish.”
This new research is focused in the Gulf of Mexico and will monitor recreational fisheries that operate along the west Florida shelf. Reef fish include several species of fish that are highly sought-after by both commercial harvesters and recreational anglers. Some of these popular harvested reef fish species include red snapper (Lutjanus campchanus), gag (Mycteroperca microlepis), red grouper (Epinephelus morio), black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci), vermilion snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens), gray or “mangrove” snapper (Lutjanus griseus), and gray triggerfish (Balistes capriscus)."