Sealife guideThe atlantic goliath grouperEpinephelus itajara
Taxonomy
- Common name: Atlantic goliath grouper, jewfish, goliath grouper
- French name: Mérou géant
- Spanish name: Mero guasa
- Scientific name: Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822)
- Family name: Epinephelidae
- Order name: Perciformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The atlantic goliath grouper is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The atlantic goliath grouper appears in the IUCN Red List since 2018 within the category Vulnerable !
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Speckledfin grouper
(Epinephelus ongus)
(Epinephelus ongus)

Camouflage grouper
(Epinephelus polyphekadion)
(Epinephelus polyphekadion)

Red hind
(Epinephelus guttatus)
(Epinephelus guttatus)

Giant grouper
(Epinephelus lanceolatus)
(Epinephelus lanceolatus)

Greasy grouper
(Epinephelus tauvina)
(Epinephelus tauvina)

Malabar grouper
(Epinephelus malabaricus)
(Epinephelus malabaricus)

Blacktip grouper
(Epinephelus fasciatus)
(Epinephelus fasciatus)

Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)
(Epinephelus morio)
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(Paranthias furcifer)
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Pacific creolefish
(Cephalopholis colonus)
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Coney
(Cephalopholis fulva)
(Cephalopholis fulva)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Highfin coral grouper
(Plectropomus oligacanthus)
(Plectropomus oligacanthus)

Tomato grouper
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)

Coral grouper
(Cephalopholis miniata)
(Cephalopholis miniata)

Redmouth grouper
(Aethaloperca rogaa)
(Aethaloperca rogaa)
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