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)

Camouflage grouper
(Epinephelus polyphekadion)

Giant grouper
(Epinephelus lanceolatus)

Greasy grouper
(Epinephelus tauvina)

Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)

Nassau grouper
(Epinephelus striatus)

Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)

Speckledfin grouper
(Epinephelus ongus)

Within the same family

Atlantic creolefish
(Paranthias furcifer)

Coral grouper
(Cephalopholis miniata)

Gag grouper
(Mycteroperca microlepis)

Highfin coral grouper
(Plectropomus oligacanthus)

Pacific creolefish
(Cephalopholis colonus)

Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)

Redmouth grouper
(Aethaloperca rogaa)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Discover also

Banded moray
(Gymnothorax rueppelliae)

Flagtail shrimpgoby
(Amblyeleotris yanoi)

Midnight snapper
(Macolor macularis)

Redband parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)

Redmargin shrimpgoby
(Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata)

Salema
(Sarpa salpa)

Sergeant baker
(Latropiscis purpurissatus)

Yellow chromis
(Chromis analis)

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