Species: Hyporthodus nigritus, Warsaw grouper
all red-brown to black
juv: red-brown + few white spots, yellow C
Hyporthodus nigritus (Holbrook, 1855)
Warsaw grouper
Body robust, compressed, a deep oblong, deepest at origin of dorsal fin, depth < head length; rear of top jaw exposed when mouth closed, without bony knob at lower rear corner; teeth depressible; sides of roof of mouth with teeth; front & rear nostrils ~equal; operculum edge with 3 flat spines; edge of preopercle with slightly enlarged teeth and 1-2 small spines at the rounded angle; 23-25 gill rakers; dorsal fin X, 13-15, spine II distinctly elongated, twice length of spine X, membranes between spines deeply indented, length of base of soft part not longer than that of spiny part; anal fin III, 9; pectoral fin symmetrically rounded, 16-18; origin of pelvic before lower edge of pectoral base, juveniles with pelvics longer than pectorals; tail rounded or bluntly straight; body scales rough on sides, 62-72 on lateral line.
Adult: dark reddish brown to brownish grey to almost black along top of back, dull reddish grey below; some small pale blotches scattered on body. Juvenile: red-brown, with a yellow tail fin, and a few scattered whitish spots on body.
Size: 235 cm, 198 kg.
Adults and juveniles on hard bottoms.
Depth: 25-525 m; juveniles enter shallow water, adults at > 55 m.
Massachusetts to Brazil, occasionally in the E Atlantic.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- Extends North of GC
- Extends N + S of GC
- Extends South of GC
- Also in Brazil
- GC non-endemic
- All species..
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Temperate (>35N)
- IUCN Red List
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- Near threatened
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 235
- Depth Range Min
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- 25
- Depth Range Max
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- 525
