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) © Stephankerkhofs | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus

Speckledfin grouper
(Epinephelus ongus)
(Epinephelus ongus)

Dusky grouper
(Epinephelus marginatus)
(Epinephelus marginatus)

Red hind
(Epinephelus guttatus)
(Epinephelus guttatus)

Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)
(Epinephelus merra)

Atlantic Goliath Grouper
(Epinephelus itajara)
(Epinephelus itajara)

Greasy grouper
(Epinephelus tauvina)
(Epinephelus tauvina)

Blacktip grouper
(Epinephelus fasciatus)
(Epinephelus fasciatus)

Potato grouper
(Epinephelus tukula)
(Epinephelus tukula)
Within the same family

Pacific creolefish
(Cephalopholis colonus)
(Cephalopholis colonus)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Bluespotted grouper
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)

Highfin coral grouper
(Plectropomus oligacanthus)
(Plectropomus oligacanthus)

Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)
(Cephalopholis argus)

Tomato grouper
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)

Halfspotted grouper
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)

Graysby
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
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(Ecsenius aroni)
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(Chrysiptera bleekeri)
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(Bodianus axillaris)
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(Heteromycteris hartzfeldii)
(Heteromycteris hartzfeldii)
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