(单词翻译:单击)
This Great Big Story was made possible by Wells Fargo. Established 1852. Re-established 2018.
感谢创立于1852年，重组于2018年的富国银行对本期《伟大的故事》的大力支持。
Once a bountiful fish found in the deep and rocky waters along the U.S. South Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico,
曾经，人们在美国南大西洋沿岸和墨西哥湾沿岸的深海岩石中发现了一种丰富的鱼类，
overfishing now poses a serious threat to their ability to reproduce.
如今，过度捕捞对这种鱼的繁殖能力构成了严重的威胁。
This is the snowy grouper.
这就雪花石斑鱼。
The snowy grouper is named for the white spots that speckle its scales.
雪花石斑鱼，得名于其鳞片上的白色斑点。
As the groupers grow, these spots tend to blend into the fish's natural brown color.
随着它们长大，这些斑点就会融入它们身体原有的棕色。
They will often eat crabs and small squid that they swallow whole with their large mouths.
雪花石斑鱼通常以螃蟹和小鱿鱼为食，偌大的鱼嘴能够直接将它们吞下。
Snowy groupers all begin life as females, but as they age, some become males.
雪花石斑鱼年幼时全系雌性，随着年龄的增长，一部分会变成雄性。
Since the 1990s, overfishing of juveniles has affected populations,
自20世纪90年代以来，对未成年雪花石斑鱼的过度捕捞影响了这一鱼群的数量，
because not enough fish reach maturity to change sex.
因为没有足够数量的鱼长到性成熟继而变性。
Regulations were put in place, but not enough was done to slow the overfishing of the species.
尽管如今已有相关的法律法规，然而，光靠这些法律，还是无法放慢对该种鱼过度捕捞的速度。
The snowy grouper is now listed as vulnerable, and its populations continue to decline.
雪花石斑鱼现已被列为渐危种，而且其数量仍在继续下降。
This is the snowy grouper.
这就是雪花石斑鱼。
