Sealife guideThe blacktip grouperEpinephelus fasciatus
Last updated on 06/11/2024 at 11:50 PM
Taxonomy
English names
Blacktip grouperGolden grouperRed banded grouper
French namesMérou oriflamme
Scientific nameEpinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775)
FamilyEpinephelidae
OrderPerciformes
ClassActinopterygii
Did you know ?
The blacktip grouper is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The blacktip grouper appears in the IUCN Red List since 2018 within the category Least Concern !
The blacktip grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus) © Marco Lijoi | Dreamstime.com
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Within the same genus
Atlantic Goliath GrouperEpinephelus itajara
Brown-marbled grouperEpinephelus fuscoguttatus
Dusky grouperEpinephelus marginatus
Giant grouperEpinephelus lanceolatus
Greasy grouperEpinephelus tauvina
Potato grouperEpinephelus tukula
Red hind grouperEpinephelus guttatus
Speckledfin grouperEpinephelus ongus
Within the same family
Atlantic creolefishParanthias furcifer
Bluespotted grouperCephalopholis cyanostigma
ConeyCephalopholis fulva
Darkfin hindCephalopholis urodeta
Gag grouperMycteroperca microlepis
GraysbyCephalopholis cruentata
Pacific creolefishCephalopholis colonus
Redmouth grouperAethaloperca rogaa
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