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)

Brown-marbled grouper
(Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)

Camouflage grouper
(Epinephelus polyphekadion)

Giant grouper
(Epinephelus lanceolatus)

Greasy grouper
(Epinephelus tauvina)

Nassau grouper
(Epinephelus striatus)

Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)

Red hind grouper
(Epinephelus guttatus)

Within the same family

Bluespotted grouper
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)

Coral grouper
(Cephalopholis miniata)

Darkfin hind
(Cephalopholis urodeta)

Gag grouper
(Mycteroperca microlepis)

Highfin coral grouper
(Plectropomus oligacanthus)

Pacific creolefish
(Cephalopholis colonus)

Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Discover also

Eastern clown anemonefish
(Amphiprion percula)

Frostfin cardinalfish
(Ostorhinchus hoevenii)

Mediterranean moray eel
(Muraena helena)

Queen triggerfish
(Balistes vetula)

Scrawled filefish
(Aluterus scriptus)

Seaweed blenny
(Parablennius marmoreus)

Undulated moray
(Gymnothorax undulatus)

Yellowtail wrasse
(Anampses meleagrides)

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