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)

Blacktip grouper
(Epinephelus fasciatus)

Camouflage grouper
(Epinephelus polyphekadion)

Dusky grouper
(Epinephelus marginatus)

Giant grouper
(Epinephelus lanceolatus)

Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)

Nassau grouper
(Epinephelus striatus)

Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)

Within the same family

Atlantic creolefish
(Paranthias furcifer)

Bluespotted grouper
(Cephalopholis cyanostigma)

Gag grouper
(Mycteroperca microlepis)

Graysby
(Cephalopholis cruentata)

Halfspotted grouper
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)

Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Tomato grouper
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)

Discover also

Great blue spotted mudskipper
(Boleophthalmus pectinirostris)

Harlequin bass
(Serranus tigrinus)

Planehead filefish
(Stephanolepis hispidus)

Purple anthias
(Pseudanthias tuka)

Ribbon eel
(Rhinomuraena quaesita)

Rockmover wrasse
(Novaculichthys taeniourus)

Wolf eel
(Anarrhichthys ocellatus)

Zigzag wrasse
(Halichoeres scapularis)

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