Sailors choice

Sailor's choice is a grunt with edible white flesh, fished only on a small scale and usually pan-fried or used in soups. It's a minor market fish and shows up in aquariums too.

The sailor's choice, Haemulon parra, is a grunt (family Haemulidae) of the western Atlantic from Florida to Brazil, also entering the Gulf of Mexico. It lives over reefs and hard bottoms down to about 80 meters and feeds at night, while juveniles use seagrass beds.