Olive grouper

Hyporthodus cifuentesi

Seabass from Eastern Pacific

Olive grouper is known around Eastern Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 100 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Epinephelidae
Genus: Hyporthodus
Maximum length: 100 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Galapagos Islands, Isla del Coco, and off Costa Rica. It probably occurs off Mexico. Galapagos Islands subpopulation is classified as vulnerable in the 2004 IUCN red list of threatened species (Ref. 53964 ).

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