Sealife guideThe malabar grouperEpinephelus malabaricus

Last updated on 08/21/2024 at 10:42 PM

Taxonomy

Common name: Malabar grouper
French name: Mérou malabar
Spanish name: Mero malabárico
Scientific name: Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Family name: Epinephelidae
Order name: Perciformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

The malabar grouper is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The malabar grouper appears in the IUCN Red List since 2018 within the category Least Concern !

The malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus) © Stephankerkhofs | Dreamstime.com

Within the same genus

Atlantic Goliath Grouper
(Epinephelus itajara)

Brown-marbled grouper
(Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)

Dusky grouper
(Epinephelus marginatus)

Nassau grouper
(Epinephelus striatus)

Potato grouper
(Epinephelus tukula)

Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)

Speckledfin grouper
(Epinephelus ongus)

Starry grouper
(Epinephelus labriformis)

Within the same family

Bluespotted grouper
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)

Coney
(Cephalopholis fulva)

Darkfin hind
(Cephalopholis urodeta)

Graysby
(Cephalopholis cruentata)

Pacific creolefish
(Cephalopholis colonus)

Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)

Redmouth grouper
(Aethaloperca rogaa)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Discover also

Leerfish
(Lichia amia)

Pictus blenny
(Ecsenius pictus)

Red sea thicklip wrasse
(Hemigymnus sexfasciatus)

Scribbled angelfish
(Chaetodontoplus duboulayi)

Speckled sandperch
(Parapercis hexophtalma)

Valentin's sharpnose puffer
(Canthigaster valentini)

Yellow and blueback fusilier
(Caesio teres)

Yellowtail wrasse
(Anampses meleagrides)

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