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New Giant Fish Species Announced

news.nationalgeographic.com — One fish—the goliath grouper—has suddenly become two. The Atlantic goliath grouper, found in warm waters of the Americas and western Africa, is a separate species from the goliath grouper that roams tropical reefs of the eastern Pacific Ocean, a new genetic study shows.

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  • GhandicapXRS, on 08/26/2008, -1/+25"New Giant Fish Species Announced"

    Really? That's awesome! When is the release date?
  • davidsmero, on 08/26/2008, -0/+7looks delicious.
  • Residents, on 08/26/2008, -0/+4That's a pretty sweet find considering how they found it, but I hate hearing about new 'almost endangered species' we don't need any more of that damn it!
  • zeptobyte, on 08/27/2008, -1/+5I thought of something very similar and clicked here just to post it. Doh. So I'll digg your comment instead!
  • apena89, on 08/27/2008, -0/+3"That's a huge fish!"
  • LeviTheSmith, on 08/27/2008, -1/+4i am on digg
  • hwy9nightkid, on 08/27/2008, -1/+3This is not evolution it was Gods plan..! look away from your textbooks children and follow me to homeschool!!!!!!
  • Brododium, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2One fish, two fish, old fish, new fish!
  • rypic7, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2... this was such a let down. i was ready for some bad-ass mother *****... with like.. a cannon or something cool. its just a fish. not even that big of a fish. fish-stick material.
  • yujie, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2They should caught it with a Barbie Fishing rod
  • solld3th, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2dugg for pic
    it sucks when theres a story like this with no pic
  • whoreable, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1Their atlantic counterparts are protected and you can't keep them to eat. So I bet you can't keep these either. I would love to catch one tho.
  • Aynatix, on 08/27/2008, -1/+2announced? like they manufactured it or something..
    funny title.
  • inactive, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1^jewfish. srs.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Goliath_grou ...
  • jrtcs, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1If it smells like fish, eat it.
  • inactive, on 08/26/2008, -1/+1I guess we better start watching for the "Giant Grouper Groupies" to storm the White House in defense of the Giant Grouper... more to come!
  • OnTheAir321, on 08/27/2008, -1/+0The thing grows up to 6ft??? It can grow as big as a shark, but looks like a fish with tiger markings on it??? I will call it... The "TigerSharkFish".
  • beatoven, on 08/27/2008, -2/+0So that's what dinosaurs used to make fish curry!?
  • Orion1004, on 08/27/2008, -4/+1This is old, repetitive Digg news...

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