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In one of the first studies of its kind, university researchers ana sofia guerra and francis joyce are identifying the movement of individual giant sea bass using new computer imaging technology, paired with photographs taken by recreational divers.
Holder's book the channel islands of california, published in 1910, the author claims specimens taken from the gulf of california attained 800 lb (360 kg). Love said there is speculation that even larger specimens exist. Giant sea bass reaching a size of 2.5 m (8.2 ft) and a weight of up to 255 kg (562 lbs) have been reported. Although commonly referred to as a giant sea bass, black sea bass or giant black sea bass, it is actually a wreckfish in the family polyprionidae rather than in the sea bass family serranidae.