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)

Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)

Malabar grouper
(Epinephelus malabaricus)

Nassau grouper
(Epinephelus striatus)

Potato grouper
(Epinephelus tukula)

Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)

Starry grouper
(Epinephelus labriformis)

Within the same family

Atlantic creolefish
(Paranthias furcifer)

Bluespotted grouper
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)

Coral grouper
(Cephalopholis miniata)

Gag grouper
(Mycteroperca microlepis)

Graysby
(Cephalopholis cruentata)

Halfspotted grouper
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)

Redmouth grouper
(Aethaloperca rogaa)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Discover also

Blacklip butterflyfish
(Chaetodon kleinii)

Chain moray
(Echidna catenata)

Clown frogfish
(Antennarius maculatus)

Common snook
(Centropomus undecimalis)

Island grouper
(Mycteroperca fusca)

Ocean sunfish
(Mola mola)

Ocean tang
(Acanthurus bahianus)

Red sea anthias
(Pseudanthias taeniatus)

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