Sealife guideThe blacktip grouperEpinephelus fasciatus
Last updated on 06/11/2024 at 11:50 PM
Taxonomy
English names
Blacktip grouperGolden grouperRed banded grouper
French namesMérou oriflamme
Scientific nameEpinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775)
FamilyEpinephelidae
OrderPerciformes
ClassActinopterygii
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 grouperEpinephelus fuscoguttatus
Dusky grouperEpinephelus marginatus
Giant grouperEpinephelus lanceolatus
Greasy grouperEpinephelus tauvina
Malabar grouperEpinephelus malabaricus
Nassau grouperEpinephelus striatus
Red grouperEpinephelus morio
Red hind grouperEpinephelus guttatus
Within the same family
Atlantic creolefishParanthias furcifer
Bluespotted grouperCephalopholis cyanostigma
Darkfin hindCephalopholis urodeta
GraysbyCephalopholis cruentata
Halfspotted grouperCephalopholis hemistiktos
Pacific creolefishCephalopholis colonus
Peacock grouperCephalopholis argus
Redmouth grouperAethaloperca rogaa
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