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 !
Within the same genus

Atlantic Goliath Grouper
(Epinephelus itajara)
(Epinephelus itajara)

Brown-marbled grouper
(Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)
(Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)

Dusky grouper
(Epinephelus marginatus)
(Epinephelus marginatus)

Giant grouper
(Epinephelus lanceolatus)
(Epinephelus lanceolatus)

Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)
(Epinephelus merra)

Nassau grouper
(Epinephelus striatus)
(Epinephelus striatus)

Speckledfin grouper
(Epinephelus ongus)
(Epinephelus ongus)

Starry grouper
(Epinephelus labriformis)
(Epinephelus labriformis)
Within the same family

Atlantic creolefish
(Paranthias furcifer)
(Paranthias furcifer)

Bluespotted grouper
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)

Darkfin hind
(Cephalopholis urodeta)
(Cephalopholis urodeta)

Gag grouper
(Mycteroperca microlepis)
(Mycteroperca microlepis)

Halfspotted grouper
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)

Highfin coral grouper
(Plectropomus oligacanthus)
(Plectropomus oligacanthus)

Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)
(Cephalopholis argus)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)
Discover also

Atlantic tarpon
(Megalops atlanticus)
(Megalops atlanticus)

Blackspot razorfish
(Iniistius dea)
(Iniistius dea)

Bluefin trevally
(Caranx melampygus)
(Caranx melampygus)

Red-spotted sandperch
(Parapercis schauinslandii)
(Parapercis schauinslandii)

Red sea mimic blenny
(Ecsenius gravieri)
(Ecsenius gravieri)

Sand diver
(Synodus intermedius)
(Synodus intermedius)

Schultz's pipefish
(Corythoichthys schultzi)
(Corythoichthys schultzi)

White eyed moray
(Gymnothorax thyrsoideus)
(Gymnothorax thyrsoideus)
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