Editing Grouper (section)

== Size ==
Malaysian newspaper ''[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]'' reported a {{convert|180|kg|lb|abbr=on}} grouper being caught off the waters near [[Pulau Sembilan]] in the [[Strait of Malacca]] in January 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/17/nation/20035627&sec=nation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508174733/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F1%2F17%2Fnation%2F20035627&sec=nation |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 May 2008 |title=Whopper of a grouper bought for RM10,000 |work=The Star|location=Malaysia |date=17 January 2008 |access-date=2010-09-11 }}</ref> Shenzhen News in China reported that a {{convert|1.8|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} grouper swallowed a {{convert|1.0|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[whitetip reef shark]] at the Fuzhou Sea World aquarium.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sznews.com/news/content/2006-03/30/content_70954.htm |title=海底"血案":巨型石斑鱼一口吞下白鳍鲨 |publisher=Sznews.com |date=30 March 2006 |access-date=2010-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012215753/http://www.sznews.com/news/content/2006-03/30/content_70954.htm |archive-date=12 October 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In September 2010, a Costa Rican newspaper reported a {{convert|2.3|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} grouper in Cieneguita, [[Limón province|Limón]]. The weight of the fish was {{convert|250|kg|lb|abbr=on}}, and it was lured using one kilogram of bait.<ref>{{cite web| title=Cayó el más mero en el Caribe| url=http://www.diarioextra.com/2010/setiembre/10/nacionales11.php| author=Diario La Extra 2010, Marvin Carvajal| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913030836/http://www.diarioextra.com/2010/setiembre/10/nacionales11.php| archive-date=13 September 2010}}</ref> In November 2013, a {{convert|310|kg|lb|abbr=on}} grouper had been caught and sold to a hotel in [[Dongyuan County|Dongyuan]], China.<ref>{{cite web|title=Photos: Fishermen catch wildly huge 686-pound fish, sell it to hotel| date=3 May 2022| url=http://shanghaiist.com/2013/11/12/photos_a_683_pound_giant_grouper_ca.php}}</ref>
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In August 2014, off [[Bonita Springs]] in [[Florida]] (USA), a big grouper took in one gulp a 4-foot shark that an angler had caught.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/hunting-fishing/article/Gulf-grouper-swallows-4-foot-shark-in-a-single-5703444.php|title=Gulf grouper swallows 4 foot shark in a single bite|author=Heather Alexander, Houston Chronicle|date=21 August 2014|work=Houston Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O37HI_AX9nY| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211113/O37HI_AX9nY| archive-date=2021-11-13 | url-status=live|title=Grouper eats 4ft shark in one bite|date=19 August 2014|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>