Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Serranidae > Epinephelus > Epinephelus itajara

Epinephelus itajara (Jewfish; Atlantic goliath grouper)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Atlantic goliath grouper or itajara (Epinephelus itajara) is a large saltwater fish of the grouper family found primarily in shallow tropical waters among coral and artificial reefs at depths from 5 to 50 m (16 to 164 ft). Its range includes the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, most of the Caribbean, and practically all of the Brazilian coast. On some occasions, it is caught in New England off Maine and Massachusetts. In the eastern Atlantic Ocean, it occurs from the Congo to Senegal.
View Wikipedia Record: Epinephelus itajara

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Epinephelus itajara

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1,003.109 lbs (455.00 kg)
Female Maturity [1]  6 years
Male Maturity [1]  5 years
Maximum Longevity [1]  37 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Florida Peninsula United States Nearctic Tropical and Subtropical Coastal Rivers    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Abrolhos Marine National Park 225607 Bahia, Brazil      

Prey / Diet

Predators

Galeocerdo cuvier (Tiger-shark)[2]

Consumers

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Goliath Grouper: Epinephelus itajara, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0