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Eastern Blue Groper

Achoerodus viridis

Seabook: Eastern Blue Groper

Max Size

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Max Weight

Max Depth

40 m

Description

The eastern blue groper (Achoerodus viridis) 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 s... Read more in Seabook

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Habitat and Environment

Coral reef

Social Behaviour

Group

Solitary

Conservation status

(NT) Near threatened

Poisonous

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Danger to human

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Venomous

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