Sealife guideThe malabar grouperEpinephelus malabaricus

Taxonomy
  • Common name: Malabar grouper
  • French name: Mérou malabar
  • Spanish name: Mero malabárico
  • Scientific name: Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  • Family name: Epinephelidae
  • Order name: Perciformes
  • Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The malabar grouper is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The malabar grouper appears in the IUCN Red List since 2018 within the category Least Concern !
The malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus)
The malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus) © Stephankerkhofs | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus
Speckledfin grouper (Epinephelus ongus)
Speckledfin grouper
(Epinephelus ongus)
Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)
Dusky grouper
(Epinephelus marginatus)
Red hind (Epinephelus guttatus)
Red hind
(Epinephelus guttatus)
Honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra)
Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)
Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara)
Atlantic Goliath Grouper
(Epinephelus itajara)
Greasy grouper (Epinephelus tauvina)
Greasy grouper
(Epinephelus tauvina)
Blacktip grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus)
Blacktip grouper
(Epinephelus fasciatus)
Potato grouper (Epinephelus tukula)
Potato grouper
(Epinephelus tukula)
Within the same family
Pacific creolefish (Cephalopholis colonus)
Pacific creolefish
(Cephalopholis colonus)
Roving coral grouper (Plectropomus pessuliferus)
Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)
Bluespotted grouper (Cephalopholis cyanostigma)
Bluespotted grouper
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)
Highfin coral grouper (Plectropomus oligacanthus)
Highfin coral grouper
(Plectropomus oligacanthus)
Peacock grouper (Cephalopholis argus)
Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)
Tomato grouper (Cephalopholis sonnerati)
Tomato grouper
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)
Halfspotted grouper (Cephalopholis hemistiktos)
Halfspotted grouper
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)
Graysby (Cephalopholis cruentata)
Graysby
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
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