🐟
Atlantic goliath grouper
Epinephelus itajara
Fish · Vulnerable
vs
🦈
Sharks
Selachimorpha
Fish
average across the group
6 clips name both of them
1 million views between them.
Sharks outweigh Atlantic goliath grouper 12× — 5,366 kg against 455 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
455 kg
🐟 Atlantic goliath grouper · FishBase
5,366 kg
🦈 Sharks · group average
Body length
1.5 m
🐟 Atlantic goliath grouper · FishBase
6.28 m
🦈 Sharks · group average
Maximum lifespan
37 yr
🐟 Atlantic goliath grouper · FishBase
46 yr
🦈 Sharks · group average
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.