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Warsaw grouper (Hyporthodus nigritus)
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Warsaw grouper (Hyporthodus nigritus) specimen
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Epinephelidae

Warsaw grouper

Hyporthodus nigritus

Two Hundred Thirty Centimeters Seabass of the Brazilian Coast

  • Black
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Warsaw grouper is a marine fish from Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 230 cm.

Maximum length
230 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Trinidad, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo (Ref. 47377 ), Brazil. Rare in the West Indies (Cuba, Haiti, and Trinidad). Reports from the eastern Pacific are apparently misidentifications of Epinephelus exsul .
Conservation status
NTNear Threatened

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