Atlantic Wreckfish

POLYPRION AMERICANUS

This Atlantic grouper is usually fished in the Azores. It is occasionally found on our shores, especially in shipwrecks. A hermaphrodite, it is first female then male.

To discover during the layover

Family

Serranidae family

Size

2 m and 80 kg

Distribution

Non-tropical Atlantic, Mediterranean, Southern Indian Ocean, Southwest Pacific

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To discover during the layover