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)

Dusky grouper
(Epinephelus marginatus)

Giant grouper
(Epinephelus lanceolatus)

Greasy grouper
(Epinephelus tauvina)

Malabar grouper
(Epinephelus malabaricus)

Potato grouper
(Epinephelus tukula)

Red hind grouper
(Epinephelus guttatus)

Starry grouper
(Epinephelus labriformis)

Within the same family

Atlantic creolefish
(Paranthias furcifer)

Coney
(Cephalopholis fulva)

Coral grouper
(Cephalopholis miniata)

Halfspotted grouper
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)

Pacific creolefish
(Cephalopholis colonus)

Redmouth grouper
(Aethaloperca rogaa)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Tomato grouper
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)

Discover also

Bigeye tuna
(Thunnus obesus)

Blue runner
(Caranx crysos)

Bluescaled wrasse
(Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura)

Buffalo sculpin
(Enophrys bison)

Gray snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)

Hook-nosed sole
(Heteromycteris hartzfeldii)

Orange banded butterflyfish
(Coradion chrysozonus)

Spotband butterflyfish
(Chaetodon punctatofasciatus)

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