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The Atlantic goliath grouper or itajara (Epinephelus itajara), also known as the jewfish, [3] [4] is a saltwater fish of the grouper family and one of the largest species of bony fish. The species can be found in the West Atlantic ranging from northeastern Florida , south throughout the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea , and along South ...
Pacific goliath grouper Coiba N.P. Isla Cocos Sur, Panama. The Pacific goliath grouper (Epinephelus quinquefasciatus), also known as the Pacific itajara grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses.
They are not built for long-distance, fast swimming. They can be quite large: in length, over a meter. The largest is the Atlantic goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) which has been weighed at 399 kilograms (880 pounds) and a length of 2.43 m (7 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), [2] though in such a large group, species vary considerably. They swallow ...
A number of large Atlantic goliath grouper fish washed up dead on a beach in Florida on Wednesday (1 March) amid reports of an outbreak of red tide. Footage shared on social media by Yadel Lopez ...
Goliath grouper can refer to: Atlantic goliath grouper ( Epinephelus itajara ), Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean Pacific goliath grouper ( Epinephelus quinquefasciatus ), East Pacific
Epinephelus itajara, the Atlantic goliath grouper; Argyrosomus japonicus, traditionally known as the mulloway jewfish in eastern Australia; Tandanus tandanus, known as the eel-tailed catfish; Glaucosoma hebraicum, officially known as the West Australian dhufish; Argyrosomus regius, commonly known as the meagre
Hyporthodus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae, part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. [3] ...
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