#2383 · 🐟 fish

Eastern Blue Groper

Achoerodus viridis

NTnear threatened 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Graham McMartin · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © offshore_ · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Richard Ling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Erik Schlögl · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Peter · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Marine Explorer (Dr John Turnbull) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Marine Explorer (Dr John Turnbull) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Jens Sommer-Knudsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © acanthaster · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Achoerodus viridis , the eastern blue groper , is a species of wrasse native to southeastern Australia from Hervey Bay in southern Queensland to Wilsons Promontory in Victoria. They occur in coastal waters, preferring rocky areas at a depth of about 40 m (130 ft). Juveniles inhabit beds of seagrass in estuaries. The diet of this species consists of invertebrates such as various molluscs, crabs, sea urchins, and cunjevoi. This species grows to a length of 72 cm (28 in) as adult...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,637iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,637 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Franz Steindachner in 1866 (160 years ago).