Summary ¹

The Atlantic goliath grouper or itajara (Epinephelus itajara), formerly and still commonly referred to as the jewfish, 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 160 ft). Its range includes the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, most of the Caribbean, and practically all of the Brazilian coast as well as in Azores, where they are known as mero. On some occasions, it...

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=160721&lvl=0

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