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| | AllRefer.com - grouper (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia |
 | | In the West Indies and the Florida Keys are found the yellowfin grouper, noted for its many beautiful color phases; the coney, the smallest (9 in./22.5 cm) grouper, colored a livid reddish gray with blue spots; and the Nassau grouper, the rock hind, and the gag. |
 | | The red grouper and the fl grouper, common N to the Carolinas, form the bulk of the commercial catch; both species weigh up to 50 lb (22.5 kg). |
 | | Groupers are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Perciformes, family Serranidae. |
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