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Whopping fish declared new species

dc.coverage.spatialAtlantic Oceanen
dc.coverage.spatialCentral Americaen
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-30T02:49:45Z
dc.date.available2020-07-30T02:49:45Z
dc.date.issued2008-08-23
dc.identifier.citationWhopping fish declared new species. (2008, August 23 - 24). Visayan Daily Headlines, pp. B3, B2.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/9366
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectnew speciesen
dc.subjectfishen
dc.subjectichthyologistsen
dc.subjectDNAen
dc.subjectrare speciesen
dc.titleWhopping fish declared new speciesen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journalTitleVisayan Daily Headlinesen
dc.citation.spageB3en
dc.citation.epageB2en
local.seafdecaqd.controlnumberVDH20080823_B3en
local.seafdecaqd.extractA man-sized grouper that trolls the tropical waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean for octopuses and crabs has been identified as a new fish species after genetic tests. Called the goliath grouper, the fish can grow to six feet (1.8 meters) in length and weigh a whopping 1,000 pounds (454 kg). Until now, scientists had grouped this species with an identical looking fish (also called the goliath grouper, or Epinephelus itajara) living in the Atlantic Ocean. "For more than a century, ichthyologists have thought that Pacific and Atlantic goliath grouper were the same species,"" said lead researcher Matthew Craig of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, ""and the argument was settled before the widespread use of genetic techniques.""en
local.subject.personalNameCraig, Matthew
local.subject.personalNameGraham, Rachel
local.subject.corporateNameHawaii Institute of Marine Biologyen
local.subject.corporateNameInternational Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)en
local.subject.corporateNameWildlife Conservation Societyen
local.subject.corporateNamePrograma Petrobras Ambientalen
local.subject.corporateNameConservation International Brazil to Projeto Meros do Brasilen
local.subject.corporateNameThe Summit Foundationen
local.subject.corporateNameNational Science Foundationen
local.subject.corporateNameHawaii Institute of Marine Biologyen
local.subject.scientificNameEpinephelus itajaraen
local.subject.scientificNameEpinephelus quinquefasciatusen


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