Yellowedge grouper (Hyporthodus flavolimbatus) is a saltwater species recorded in the United States. It is found at depths of 90–360 m.
Scientific name: Hyporthodus flavolimbatus · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 115 cm
The yellowedge grouper is a demersal epinephelid that lives solitarily in rocky areas and on sand and mud bottoms, from 90 to 360 m, and on soft bottoms it is often seen in or near trenches or burrow-like excavations. It feeds on a wide variety of invertebrates, mainly brachyuran crabs, as well as fishes. Its range is the western Atlantic, from North Carolina to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Maximum length is about 115 cm total length, commonly about 50 cm, and it can live 35 years. It is a commercial species and a gamefish, marketed fresh and considered of good quality. Fishing vulnerability is high to very high at 66 of 100 and resilience low, the price category is very high, and climate vulnerability is high to very high at 75 of 100. IUCN lists it as vulnerable.
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