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

Atlantic Goliath Grouper
(Epinephelus itajara)

Dusky grouper
(Epinephelus marginatus)

Giant grouper
(Epinephelus lanceolatus)

Greasy grouper
(Epinephelus tauvina)

Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)

Nassau grouper
(Epinephelus striatus)

Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)

Starry grouper
(Epinephelus labriformis)

Within the same family

Atlantic creolefish
(Paranthias furcifer)

Coney
(Cephalopholis fulva)

Darkfin hind
(Cephalopholis urodeta)

Graysby
(Cephalopholis cruentata)

Halfspotted grouper
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)

Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Tomato grouper
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)

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Blackspot snapper
(Lutjanus ehrenbergii)

Hector's goby
(Koumansetta hectori)

Hook-nosed sole
(Heteromycteris hartzfeldii)

Japanese surgeonfish
(Acanthurus japonicus)

Longnosed stargazer
(Ichthyscopus lebeck)

Philippines wrasse
(Pseudocoris bleekeri)

Saw-jawed monocle bream
(Scolopsis ciliata)

Sunset wrasse
(Thalassoma lutescens)

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