Editing Atlantic goliath grouper (section)

{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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{{Speciesbox
| image = itajara.JPG
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="IUCN">{{cite iucn | author1 = Bertoncini, A.A. | author2 = Aguilar-Perera, A. | author3 = Barreiros, J. | author4 = Craig, M.T. | author5 = Ferreira, B. | author6 = Koenig, C. | display-authors = 3 | year = 2018 | title = ''Epinephelus itajara'' |errata=2019 | page = e.T195409A145206345 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T195409A145206345.en}}</ref>
| taxon = Epinephelus itajara
| authority = ([[Martin Lichtenstein|Lichtenstein]], 1822)
| synonyms = *''Promicrops itajara'' <small>(Lichtenstein, 1822)</small>
* ''Serranus itajara'' <small>Lichtenstein, 1822</small>
* ''Serranus mentzelii'' <small>[[Achille Valenciennes|Valenciennes]], 1828</small>
* ''Serranus galeus'' <small>[[Johannes Peter Müller|J.P. Müller]] & [[Franz Hermann Troschel|Troschel]], 1848</small>
* ''Serranus guasa'' <small>[[Felipe Poey|Poey]], 1860</small>
* ''Promicrops esonue'' <small>[[Ernst Ehrenbaum|Ehrenbaum]], 1915</small>
* ''Promicrops ditobo'' <small>Roux & Collignon, 1954</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase|Epinephelus|itajara|month+december|year=2019}}</ref>
}}

The '''Atlantic goliath grouper''' or '''itajara''' ('''''Epinephelus itajara'''''), also known as the '''jewfish''',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Renaming the jewfish|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-07-23-0107230219-story.html|last=Tribune|first=Chicago|website=chicagotribune.com|date=23 July 2001 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> is a saltwater fish of the [[grouper]] family and one of the largest species of [[Osteichthyes|bony fish]]. The species can be found in the West Atlantic ranging from northeastern [[Florida]], south throughout the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and the [[Caribbean Sea]], and along [[South America]] to [[Brazil]]. In the East Pacific it ranges from Mexico to Peru.<ref name=FB>[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-itajara.html Epinephelus itajara  (Lichtenstein, 1822)] ''FishBase''</ref> In the East Atlantic, the species ranges in [[West Africa]] from [[Senegal]] to [[Cabinda Province|Cabinda]]. The species has been observed at depths ranging from {{convert|1|to|100|m|ft|sigfig=1|sp=us}}.<ref name="IUCN"/>