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 !

The blacktip grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus) © Marco Lijoi | Dreamstime.com

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

Within the same genus

Speckledfin grouper
(Epinephelus ongus)

Camouflage grouper
(Epinephelus polyphekadion)

Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)

Atlantic Goliath Grouper
(Epinephelus itajara)

Greasy grouper
(Epinephelus tauvina)

Malabar grouper
(Epinephelus malabaricus)

Brown-marbled grouper
(Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)

Potato grouper
(Epinephelus tukula)

Within the same family

Gag grouper
(Mycteroperca microlepis)

Pacific creolefish
(Cephalopholis colonus)

Coney
(Cephalopholis fulva)

Highfin coral grouper
(Plectropomus oligacanthus)

Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)

Halfspotted grouper
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)

Coral grouper
(Cephalopholis miniata)

Redmouth grouper
(Aethaloperca rogaa)

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Striped fangblenny
(Meiacanthus grammistes)

Forkbeard
(Phycis phycis)

Snowflake moray
(Echidna nebulosa)

Blackspotted puffer
(Arothron nigropunctatus)

Ocellated frogfish
(Fowlerichthys ocellatus)

Banded butterflyfish
(Chaetodon striatus)

Thornback cowfish
(Lactoria fornasini)

Yellow banded pipefish
(Dunckerocampus pessuliferus)

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