Sealife guideThe atlantic goliath grouperEpinephelus itajara

Last updated on 03/30/2024 at 12:48 AM

Taxonomy

Common name: Atlantic goliath grouper, jewfish, goliath grouper
French name: Mérou géant
Spanish name: Mero guasa
Scientific name: Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822)
Family name: Epinephelidae
Order name: Perciformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

The atlantic goliath grouper is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The atlantic goliath grouper appears in the IUCN Red List since 2018 within the category Vulnerable !

The atlantic goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara)

Within the same genus

Camouflage grouper
(Epinephelus polyphekadion)

Dusky grouper
(Epinephelus marginatus)

Giant grouper
(Epinephelus lanceolatus)

Greasy grouper
(Epinephelus tauvina)

Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)

Malabar grouper
(Epinephelus malabaricus)

Potato grouper
(Epinephelus tukula)

Speckledfin grouper
(Epinephelus ongus)

Within the same family

Atlantic creolefish
(Paranthias furcifer)

Bluespotted grouper
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)

Darkfin hind
(Cephalopholis urodeta)

Gag grouper
(Mycteroperca microlepis)

Graysby
(Cephalopholis cruentata)

Pacific creolefish
(Cephalopholis colonus)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Tomato grouper
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)

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Blackwedged butterflyfish
(Chaetodon falcula)

Damselfish
(Chromis chromis)

European seabass
(Dicentrarchus labrax)

Passer angelfish
(Holacanthus passer)

Philippines wrasse
(Pseudocoris bleekeri)

Spotted boxfish
(Ostracion meleagris)

Springer's damselfish
(Chrysiptera springeri)

Zebra angelfish
(Genicanthus caudovittatus)

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