Sealife guideThe blacktip grouperEpinephelus fasciatus

Last updated on 06/11/2024 at 11:50 PM

Taxonomy

Common name: Blacktip grouper, golden grouper, red banded grouper
French name: Mérou oriflamme
Scientific name: Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775)
Family name: Epinephelidae
Order name: Perciformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

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

The blacktip grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus) © Rickard Zerpe sous licence Creative Commons

Within the same genus

Atlantic Goliath Grouper
(Epinephelus itajara)

Giant grouper
(Epinephelus lanceolatus)

Greasy grouper
(Epinephelus tauvina)

Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)

Malabar grouper
(Epinephelus malabaricus)

Potato grouper
(Epinephelus tukula)

Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)

Red hind grouper
(Epinephelus guttatus)

Within the same family

Bluespotted grouper
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)

Coral grouper
(Cephalopholis miniata)

Halfspotted grouper
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)

Highfin coral grouper
(Plectropomus oligacanthus)

Pacific creolefish
(Cephalopholis colonus)

Redmouth grouper
(Aethaloperca rogaa)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Tomato grouper
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)

Discover also

Banded butterflyfish
(Chaetodon striatus)

Bar jack
(Caranx ruber)

Black grouper
(Mycteroperca bonaci)

Checkered puffer
(Sphoeroides testudineus)

Dwarf hawkfish
(Cirrhitichthys falco)

Slender filefish
(Monacanthus tuckeri)

Spanish hogfish
(Bodianus rufus)

Teardrop butterflyfish
(Chaetodon unimaculatus)

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