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)

Brown-marbled grouper
(Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)

Dusky grouper
(Epinephelus marginatus)

Giant grouper
(Epinephelus lanceolatus)

Malabar grouper
(Epinephelus malabaricus)

Potato grouper
(Epinephelus tukula)

Speckledfin grouper
(Epinephelus ongus)

Starry grouper
(Epinephelus labriformis)

Within the same family

Atlantic creolefish
(Paranthias furcifer)

Bluespotted grouper
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)

Coney
(Cephalopholis fulva)

Coral grouper
(Cephalopholis miniata)

Graysby
(Cephalopholis cruentata)

Halfspotted grouper
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)

Highfin coral grouper
(Plectropomus oligacanthus)

Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)

Discover also

Blotched picarel
(Spicara maena)

Brown chromis
(Chromis multilineata)

Longspine squirrelfish
(Holocentrus rufus)

Moorish idol
(Zanclus cornutus)

Mural goby
(Valenciennea muralis)

Saddleback gunnel
(Pholis ornata)

Splendid toadfish
(Sanopus splendidus)

Two-spot red snapper
(Lutjanus bohar)

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