Snowy grouper (Hyporthodus niveatus) is a saltwater species recorded in the United States. It is found at depths of 30–525 m.
Scientific name: Hyporthodus niveatus · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 122 cm
The snowy grouper is a demersal epinephelid; adults occur well offshore on rocky bottoms, from 30 to 525 m, while juveniles may be found inshore. Adults feed on fishes, gastropods, cephalopods and brachyuran crustaceans. Its range is the western Atlantic, from Canada and Massachusetts to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Maximum length is about 122 cm total length, commonly about 60 cm, and it can live 27 years, maturing at about 54 cm. It is a valuable commercial food fish and a gamefish, with a very high price category. Fishing vulnerability is high at 64 of 100 and resilience low, and climate vulnerability is moderate to high at 51 of 100. IUCN lists it as vulnerable.
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