🐟
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.
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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.