New Species of Grouper Discovered

[mcoomer]

New species of grouper (Goliath Grouper) that can grow to 6' and 1000 lbs has been discovered in the Eastern Pacific. Kinda neat...article with pics of the animal.

http://www.livescience.com/animals/080821-goliath-grouper.html

Mike

[Theguyfromnj]

Gotta special order one for my nano

[crvz]

how do you miss a 6' 1000 pound fish this long? ;) Thanks for sharing the link.

[barnett8]

Here was my favorite part of that link

"NastyBedazzler wrote:
That fish... is the reason I don't swim in the ocean.
Things that swim below the surface scare the crap out of me."

How do things swim above the surface of the water?!?! lolz.

[Jojoyojimbi]

How do things swim above the surface of the water?!?! lolz. [/B]

ducks?

[basssnake]

Actually if it is a goliath grouper, it is found in the atlantic around florida and isn't newly discovered at all. In fact, the florida aquarium in Tampa, has a 4 ft one. They are found in florida waters and was fished til it dropped in numbers in the 90's. Might have newly been discoverd in the pacific, but not newly discovered in the atlantic. Maybe it went through the panama canal and the species ended up in the pacific?

[basssnake]

Oops, i put that before reading the article, lol........i guess they explain that they are similiar but not the same,lol......

[StripestheEel]

Ugly bugger!

[RockStarFish]

Wow That is a big fish

[Octoberfest]

Used to be called a Jewfish until people got upset with th name.

[coral diver]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13204333#post13204333 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by foresteronw
Used to be called a Jewfish until people got upset with th name.


Yup its the Politicaly correct name JEWfish

[maxheadroom]

I've seen them while diving around FL. They get huge! Here's a couple of vids I took. The vis was crappy, but you get the idea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ik09UYNWKA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ic9q6ZNPvA