Sealife guideThe blacktip grouperEpinephelus fasciatus

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 !
Within the same genus
Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)
Dusky grouper
(Epinephelus marginatus)
Camouflage grouper (Epinephelus polyphekadion)
Camouflage grouper
(Epinephelus polyphekadion)
Red hind (Epinephelus guttatus)
Red hind
(Epinephelus guttatus)
Starry grouper (Epinephelus labriformis)
Starry grouper
(Epinephelus labriformis)
Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara)
Atlantic Goliath Grouper
(Epinephelus itajara)
Brown-marbled grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)
Brown-marbled grouper
(Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)
Potato grouper (Epinephelus tukula)
Potato grouper
(Epinephelus tukula)
Red grouper (Epinephelus morio)
Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)
Within the same family
Gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis)
Gag grouper
(Mycteroperca microlepis)
Atlantic creolefish (Paranthias furcifer)
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(Paranthias furcifer)
Coney (Cephalopholis fulva)
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(Cephalopholis fulva)
Roving coral grouper (Plectropomus pessuliferus)
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(Plectropomus pessuliferus)
Bluespotted grouper (Cephalopholis cyanostigma)
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(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)
Peacock grouper (Cephalopholis argus)
Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)
Graysby (Cephalopholis cruentata)
Graysby
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
Redmouth grouper (Aethaloperca rogaa)
Redmouth grouper
(Aethaloperca rogaa)
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(Acanthurus sohal)
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