No. 1 â 680-Pound Goliath Grouper. Courtesy IGFA / igfa.org. The heaviest grouper ever caught and certified as an IGFA world record was this 680-pound goliath grouper. The fish â then generally known as a jewfish â was caught on May 20, 1961, off Fernandina Beach, Florida, using a Spanish mackerel as bait.
This article is about Hyperion, the tallest living tree. For other uses, see Hyperion (disambiguation). Hyperion is the name of a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in Northern California that was measured at 115.61 m (379.3 ft), which ranks it as the world's tallest known living tree. 1 Overview.
The Redwood Trees are the tallest living beings in the earth. With the height of 360 feet (100+ meters) The worldâs tallest trees are California redwoods, technically known as Sequoia sempervirens. Located in the South Grove, the largest redwood in Calaveras Big Trees State Park is the Louis Agassiz tree.