🐟
Atlantic goliath grouper
Epinephelus itajara
Fish · Vulnerable
vs
🦭
California sea lion
Zalophus californianus
Carnivores · Least concern
One clip names both of them
654 views between them.
Atlantic goliath grouper outweighs California sea lion 2.9× — 455 kg against 159 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
455 kg
🐟 Atlantic goliath grouper · FishBase
159 kg
🦭 California sea lion · COMBINE
Body length
1.5 m
🐟 Atlantic goliath grouper · FishBase
2.26 m
🦭 California sea lion · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
37 yr
🐟 Atlantic goliath grouper · FishBase
36 yr
🦭 California sea lion · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Gnathostomata (superclass), home to 90,802 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.