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Species
goliath grouper
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyEpinephelidae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Epinephelus
- Image
- Gordon - Goliath grouper.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Commons category
- Epinephelus itajara
- taxon name
- Epinephelus itajara
- Commons gallery
- Epinephelus itajara
- taxon common name
- Djukfes
- taxon range
- Maracanã
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Encyclopedic overview
The Atlantic goliath grouper or itajara (Epinephelus itajara), historically known as the jewfish, is a saltwater fish of the grouper family and one of the largest species of bony fish. The species can be found in the West Atlantic ranging from northeastern Florida, south throughout the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, and along South America to Brazil. In the East Pacific it ranges from Mexico to Peru. In the East Atlantic, the species ranges in West Africa from Senegal to Cabinda. The species has been observed at depths ranging from 1 to 100 meters (3 to 300 ft).
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Atlantic goliath grouper” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.