Biggest Giant Grouper-world record set by Nelson Shayne. [Jan 4]Latham Island,Tanzania--One of The Pemba Channel Fishing Club's Bertram's Shuwari, while fishing out of Latham Island hooked up and boated a Giant Grouper weighing 179.5 kg. This is a new world record for the biggest Giant Grouper. Nelson Shayne and a couple of friends chartered Shuwari for a trip to Latham Island, Dar es Salaam.
Robert Paddle (2000, p. 4), in his book: The Last Tasmanian Tiger, quotes an average direct length for an adult male thylacine as 1.63m, and an adult female as 1.54m. The average male body length measurement as cited by Paddle is consistent with the sample group.
They are the largest of the tigers, Males weigh 227 + kg (419 to 675 lbs) record weight 384 kg, body length 190 to 230 plus cm plus tail of about 60 to 110 cm long and Females body length 160 to 180 cm plus tail of about 60 to 110 cm long, Height - 107-110 cm (42-43 inches or about 3.5 feet) tall, weight 221to 368 lbs.