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.
Stratosphere Giant was once considered the tallest tree in the world. It was discovered in July 2000 in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, measuring 112.34 metres (368.6 ft) tall. The tree has continued to grow and measured 113.11 m (371.1 ft) in 2010.It is a specimen of the species Sequoia sempervirens, the Coast Redwood.iameter: 4,84 m (15,9 ft). Hyperion is the name of a Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in Northern California that was measured at 115.61 metres (379.3 ft), which ranks it as the world's tallest known living tree.