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)
(Epinephelus marginatus)

Camouflage grouper
(Epinephelus polyphekadion)
(Epinephelus polyphekadion)

Red hind
(Epinephelus guttatus)
(Epinephelus guttatus)

Starry grouper
(Epinephelus labriformis)
(Epinephelus labriformis)

Atlantic Goliath Grouper
(Epinephelus itajara)
(Epinephelus itajara)

Brown-marbled grouper
(Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)
(Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)

Potato grouper
(Epinephelus tukula)
(Epinephelus tukula)

Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)
(Epinephelus morio)
Within the same family

Gag grouper
(Mycteroperca microlepis)
(Mycteroperca microlepis)

Atlantic creolefish
(Paranthias furcifer)
(Paranthias furcifer)

Coney
(Cephalopholis fulva)
(Cephalopholis fulva)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Bluespotted grouper
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)

Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)
(Cephalopholis argus)

Graysby
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
(Cephalopholis cruentata)

Redmouth grouper
(Aethaloperca rogaa)
(Aethaloperca rogaa)
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(Caranx sexfasciatus)
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(Paraplesiops bleekeri)
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(Echeneis naucrates)
(Echeneis naucrates)
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