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SpeciesPerciformesSerranidae
Fish

🐟Atlantic goliath grouper

Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822)

En Jødefisk (lat. Epinephelus itajara) er en havaborre, der kan veje op til 350 kg.

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38
Photos
3
Measurements
7
vs you
≈ 7.3× your weight
Also called
Goliath Grouper, Jewfish
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
455 kg
Body length
1.5 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
37 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Atlantic goliath grouper

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
455 kgmaximum recorded
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Body length
1.5 mrecord 2.5 m · FishBasetypical adult
FishBase
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
37 yearsmaximum recorded
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Trophic level
4.22
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
Details ↓

From trophic level 4.22 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
traumatogenic
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
455 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Atlantic goliath grouper yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familySerranidae
  5. ›genusEpinephelus
  6. ›speciesEpinephelus itajara
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. classActinopteri
  3. subclassNeopterygii
  4. orderAcanthomorphata
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
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In other languages
Epinephelus itajara (es), Epinephelus itajara (fr), Mero (pt), Атлантический гигантский групер (ru), Epinephelus itajara (ca), Cá mú khổng lồ (vi) … and 17 more languages
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140806 HausDesMeeres 141 (14659739279)Gordon Goliath grouperEpinephelus itajara 240094246
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