Ephinephelus itajara Common Name Considered “Offensive”

The Houston Chronicle reports that the common name for Ephinephelus itajara i– the jewfish — is being changed because it is considered offensive.

Standard fare in today’s politically correct world, but the irony is the new name: the Goliath grouper. As the Chronicle sums it up, “the AFS is renaming the jewfish by giving it the name of a Jew-killing Philistine.”