Name: Potato Grouper - Signed Fine Art Print
SKU: 87143
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Potato Grouper – Signed Fine Art Print

$19.95 – $27.95

Information about the Potato Cod or Grouper:

The Potato Cod – also called the Potato Grouper or Potato Bass – is a large ray-finned fish and member of the family Serranidae. This group included about 450 species of fish in 64 genera. Many of these are the sea basses and groupers. These fish are found in the warm tropical waters in the Indo-West area of the Pacific Ocean, from the Red Sea and East Africa to southern Japan and Queensland, Australia. Also from the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. They are extremely large fish and can grow to be 8.5 feet long (260 cm.) weighing over 240 pounds (110 kg.) While the species is not considered endangered, it has been extirpated from much of it’s original range. Despite the large size, the Potato Cod is not dangerous to divers and will often allow them to approach and even touch them.

The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality:

• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
• Opacity: 94%

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Description

Fine art illustration of a Potato Grouper or Cod (Epinephelus tukula.) The illustration is available in black and white or color.

Artist’s notes:

The Potato Cod or Grouper was completed on 6.6.2014. There are times I become enamored with a family, genus or species of animal. Recently, it has been the family Serranidae – which include the groupers and sea basses. Something about these fish make them an absolute pleasure to draw. The patterning of the animal, the coloration – even when that coloration is fairly muted as is the case with the Potato Grouper. I will likely draw one more, which should be the Queensland Grouper – and then make a collage of the related fish. The drawing is based on a photo by Joe McKenna and was used with permission.

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