Found two of these guys inside a red grouper today. They were high in the back and kinda hard to spot when filleted. Are they common?
Grouper worms?
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Yes. Most red grouper have a few. Just cut or pick them out.
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Good to know. I got a red grouper a few days ago, it didn't have any.
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Just curious, it was actually in the flesh or the guts?
Supposedly, most worms and parasites live in the guts, but they will start to migrate into the flesh once the host is dead. This is one of the reasons, gutting your fish asap is a smart move.
Did you gut yours pretty soon after killing it? Or maybe this kind just already lives in the flesh.
I haven't seen worms in groupers yet in S.E. Asia but I've seen worms in the guts of small tuna in the Philippines.
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the flesh or the guts?
off the north atlantic coast in most of kind of fish (cod++) small round worms, varying in color from creamy white to dark brown are occasionally found in the flesh of fish, particularly cod....The seal worm is destroyed by freezing as well as by normal cooking temperatures.
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Just curious, it was actually in the flesh or the guts?
They were in the flesh. I bleed and gut immediately if the tax man isn't around.
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