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Epinephelus lanceolatus Otaru 2🐟

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SpeciesPerciformesSerranidae
Fish

🐟Giant grouper

Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790)

タマカイ（魂交、学名: Epinephelus lanceolatus）は、ペルカ目ハタ科に分類される魚類。ハタ科の中では最大級で、インド太平洋に広く分布する。

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Also called
Brindle Bass, Brindled Grouper, Queensland groper, Queensland Groper
Conservation status
DDData deficient

IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
400 kg
Body length
1.9 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Giant grouper

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Body mass
400 kgmaximum recorded
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Body length
1.9 mrecord 2.7 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

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Trophic level
4
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Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
traumatogenic
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Volume l
400 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 Giant grouper yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familySerranidae
  5. ›genusEpinephelus
  6. ›speciesEpinephelus lanceolatus
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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過魚 (zh), Epinephelus lanceolatus (es), Epinephelus lanceolatus (fr), Garoupa-gigante (pt), Itajara goliat (pl), Индоокеанский малоглазый групер (ru) … and 18 more languages
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