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)

Greasy grouper
(Epinephelus tauvina)

Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)

Malabar grouper
(Epinephelus malabaricus)

Nassau grouper
(Epinephelus striatus)

Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)

Red hind grouper
(Epinephelus guttatus)

Starry grouper
(Epinephelus labriformis)

Within the same family

Atlantic creolefish
(Paranthias furcifer)

Coney
(Cephalopholis fulva)

Darkfin hind
(Cephalopholis urodeta)

Gag grouper
(Mycteroperca microlepis)

Graysby
(Cephalopholis cruentata)

Pacific creolefish
(Cephalopholis colonus)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Tomato grouper
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)

Discover also

Black-faced blenny
(Tripterygion delaisi)

Great barracuda
(Sphyraena barracuda)

Onespot snapper
(Lutjanus monostigma)

Passer angelfish
(Holacanthus passer)

Thornback cowfish
(Lactoria fornasini)

Threadfin butterflyfish
(Chaetodon auriga)

Wedgetail triggerfish
(Rhinecanthus rectangulus)

Yellow banded pipefish
(Dunckerocampus pessuliferus)

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