Sealife guideThe blacktip grouperEpinephelus fasciatus
Last updated on 06/11/2024 at 11:50 PM
Taxonomy
English names
Blacktip grouperGolden grouperRed banded grouper
French namesMérou oriflamme
Scientific nameEpinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775)
FamilyEpinephelidae
OrderPerciformes
ClassActinopterygii
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)
(Epinephelus itajara)
Dusky grouper
(Epinephelus marginatus)
(Epinephelus marginatus)
Greasy grouper
(Epinephelus tauvina)
(Epinephelus tauvina)
Nassau grouper
(Epinephelus striatus)
(Epinephelus striatus)
Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)
(Epinephelus morio)
Red hind grouper
(Epinephelus guttatus)
(Epinephelus guttatus)
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)
Coney
(Cephalopholis fulva)
(Cephalopholis fulva)
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)
Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)
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(Sphoeroides spengleri)
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Delicate ghost pipefish
(Solenostomus leptosoma)
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European seabass
(Dicentrarchus labrax)
(Dicentrarchus labrax)
Longnose butterflyfish
(Forcipiger flavissimus)
(Forcipiger flavissimus)
Rockmover wrasse
(Novaculichthys taeniourus)
(Novaculichthys taeniourus)
Sand diver
(Synodus intermedius)
(Synodus intermedius)
Two eyed butterflyfish
(Coradion melanopus)
(Coradion melanopus)
White eyed moray
(Gymnothorax thyrsoideus)
(Gymnothorax thyrsoideus)
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