Large Mediterranean grouper in terracotta Epinephelus marginatus

The brown grouper (Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)), is a fish belonging to the Serranidae family.
Large fish, up to 140-150 centimeters for even 60 kilograms of weight.
Very long-lived (even 50 years with a maximum estimated age of 61 years). It is brown in color with lighter spots, tending to be darker in older specimens; typical light spots around the eye.
It commonly lives in the Mediterranean Sea at a depth varying between 10 and 50 meters (going up to 200 meters), often near rocky bottoms rich in caves and crevices.
The younger specimens live near the coast. However, it is also found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and in the western Indian Ocean, in the British Isles and up to Mozambique and Madagascar.
In the western Atlantic Ocean in southern Brazil and from Uruguay to Argentina.
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