Species profile
Snowy Grouper
Hyporthodus niveatus
At a glance
Snowy Grouper (Hyporthodus niveatus) is an IUCN Vulnerable bony-fish species regulated in 4 of 66 jurisdictions tracked by CatchRules across the U.S. and Canada.
The strictest bag limit is 1 (Louisiana); the most generous is 4 (Florida).
Confirmed by 110 research-grade iNaturalist observations, with New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island the top jurisdictions by observation count.
Notable details
- Juveniles display vivid white spots across their bodies that fade significantly as the fish matures.
- A deepwater species found at depths of about 100 to 525 meters in the western Atlantic.
- Can reach approximately 110 centimeters (43 inches) in length.
- Like other groupers in its genus, it is a protogynous hermaphrodite.
- Ranges from Nova Scotia to Brazil, making it one of the more northerly-ranging deepwater groupers.
Where Snowy Grouper are seen
Jurisdictions with rules for Snowy Grouper
Background
The snowy grouper (Hyporthodus niveatus) is a species of marine fish in the family Serranidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico neighborhood: in Aruba, the Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States,…
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