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Longtooth grouper
Epinephelus bruneus (Longtooth grouper · クエ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 In 2015, Korea's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced the export to Taiwan of grouper seed stock based on the Longtooth grouper, which is called Dageumbari (Korean name) in Korea.
- 💡 Its maximum weight of 33 kg is about one and a half 20 kg bags of rice (Comparison).
- 💡 Its maximum length of 136 cm is about 8 tenths of an adult human height (about 1.7 m) (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Longtooth grouper is a grouper living in seas around Korea, Japan, southern China, and Taiwan, and is also called Dageumbari (Korean name) in Korea.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It is known to reach a maximum total length of 136 cm and a maximum weight of 33 kg.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It lives on rocky reefs and is also seen on muddy bottoms, while juveniles live in shallow waters.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
It is listed on the National List of Species of Korea (National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR)), and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has noted that domestic groupers such as the Longtooth grouper, Bulkbari (a Korean animal name), and Neungseongeo (a Korean animal name) are tropical species that struggle to survive Korean winters, making aquaculture difficult.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List VU (2018) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/135381188/100573599
- • IUCN Red List category VU — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 6G5LH
- • iucnredlist.org — 100573599
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000058344 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000058344
- • wikidata.org — Q707049
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Epinephelus bruneus tokai.jpg
- • fishbase.se — Epinephelus-bruneus.html
- • species.nibr.go.kr — general-search
- • m.korea.kr — pressReleaseView.do
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · CC0 1.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Epinephelus)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.