Giant grouper
"Brown spotted cod" redirects here. For the Southern African fish, see brown-spotted rockcod. For the Persian Gulf fish, see Brown Spotted Reef Cod.
Not to be confused with goliath grouper.
Giant Grouper | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Serranidae |
Genus: | Epinephelus |
Species: | E. lanceolatus |
Binomial name | |
Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790) |
This giant fish is similar to the Malabar grouper, and its colour changes with age. The giant grouper has a large mouth and a rounded tail. Juveniles have irregular black and yellow markings, while adults are green-grey to grey-brown with faint mottling. There are numerous small black spots on the fins.
The first fish to undergo chemotherapy was Bubba, a giant grouper at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, USA.[3]
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