The goliath grouper is a giant fish that can be found ... They take decades to reach full size and can weight up to 800 pounds. Some scientists estimate they can live 50 or even 100 years.

At up to 800 pounds and nine feet long ... the grouper’s commercial appeal was regional—in the Florida Keys goliath grouper with black beans and rice was a delicacy—but when other fish ...

Juvenile goliath grouper have very visible bands or stripes ... The fish have been known to reach 800 pounds in other areas and can stretch to over 8 feet in length.

The state record for a goliath grouper was set in May 1961 when a 680-pound fish was reeled in off Fernandina Beach. The species can grow to 800 pounds and can reach to over eight feet in length.