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

Brown-marbled grouper
(Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)

Camouflage grouper
(Epinephelus polyphekadion)

Dusky grouper
(Epinephelus marginatus)

Giant grouper
(Epinephelus lanceolatus)

Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)

Malabar grouper
(Epinephelus malabaricus)

Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)

Speckledfin grouper
(Epinephelus ongus)

Within the same family

Atlantic creolefish
(Paranthias furcifer)

Bluespotted grouper
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)

Coney
(Cephalopholis fulva)

Darkfin hind
(Cephalopholis urodeta)

Gag grouper
(Mycteroperca microlepis)

Halfspotted grouper
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)

Pacific creolefish
(Cephalopholis colonus)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Discover also

Blue runner
(Caranx crysos)

Dogtooth tuna
(Gymnosarda unicolor)

French angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)

Garibaldi
(Hypsypops rubicundus)

Honeycomb cowfish
(Acanthostracion polygonium)

Striated frogfish
(Antennarius striatus)

Whipper snapper
(Lutjanus jordani)

Yellow-spotted triggerfish
(Pseudobalistes fuscus)

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