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SpeciesPerciformesSerranidae
Fish

🐟Atlantic goliath grouper

Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822)

대서양골리앗참바리(Atlantic goliath grouper)는 참바리아과 참바리속에 속하는 커다란 염수성 물고기이다. 흔히 골리앗그루퍼라고도 불린다. 카리브해, 브라질 연안, 플로리다, 바하마 등지의 수심 5 ~ 50 미터의 산호초 및 인공어초 지대에 서식한다. 동대서양에서는 콩고에서 세네갈에 걸쳐 발견된다.

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

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

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

Maximum lifespan
37 yearsmaximum recorded
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Trophic level
4.22
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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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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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.

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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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