The species ranges in coloration from brownish yellow to grey to greenish and has small black dots on the head, body and fins. The Atlantic goliath grouper can grow to lengths of 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) and weigh up to 363 kilograms (800 pounds). In 2001, the American Fisheries Society changed the name to "goliath grouper" after complaints that the nickname was culturally insensitive. In 1927, the New York Aquarium changed the fish's name to Junefish after protests. Alternate explanations include derivation from the Italian word " giupesce", which means "bottom fish", or mispronunciation of the name "jawfish". A 1996 review of the term's history from its first recorded usage in 1697 concluded that the species' physical characteristics were frequently connected to "mainstay caricatures of anti-Semitic beliefs", whereas the interpretation that the fish was regarded as kosher food had little support. The Atlantic goliath grouper was historically referred to as the "jewfish". The species has been observed at depths ranging from 1 to 100 meters (3.3 to 328.1 ft). In the East Atlantic, the species ranges in West Africa from Senegal to Cabinda. In the East Pacific it ranges from Mexico to Peru. The species can be found in the West Atlantic ranging from northeastern Florida, south throughout the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, and along South America to Brazil. The Atlantic goliath grouper or itajara ( Epinephelus itajara), also known as the jewfish, is a saltwater fish of the grouper family and one of the largest species of bony fish.
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