Serranidae
Starry Grouper
Epinephelus labriformis (Jenyns, 1840)
Epinephelus labriformis, the starry grouper, is a predatory reef fish found in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean.
White Grouper
Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Epinephelus aeneus, the white grouper, is a marine protogynous hermaphroditic fish found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Areolate Grouper
Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskål, 1775)
The areolate grouper is a large Indo-Pacific reef-associated fish that changes sex from female to male as it matures.
Duskytail Grouper
Epinephelus bleekeri (Vaillant, 1878)
Epinephelus bleekeri is a benthic Indo-Pacific grouper with distinct spotted colouration and fin characteristics.
Whitespotted Grouper
Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790)
Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus, the whitespotted grouper, is a reef-associated Indo-Pacific fish that feeds mostly on crustaceans.
Goldspotted Rockcod
Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822)
Epinephelus coioides, the orange-spotted grouper, is a reef-dwelling Indo-Pacific predatory fish that is tested for mariculture.
Coral Grouper
Epinephelus corallicola (Valenciennes, 1828)
Epinephelus corallicola is an eastern Indo-Pacific grouper that occurs in reef and estuary habitats between 1 and 30 m deep.
Gold Blotch Grouper
Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878)
Epinephelus costae, the gold-blotch grouper, is a fish with distinct juvenile and adult forms found in coastal waters up to 200 m deep.
Purple Rockcod
Epinephelus cyanopodus (Richardson, 1846)
Epinephelus cyanopodus is a predatory grouper species found in the Western Pacific Ocean that forms mixed spawning aggregations.
Black Rockcod
Epinephelus daemelii (Günther, 1876)
Epinephelus daemelii, the saddletail grouper, is a vulnerable large carnivorous marine grouper found off southeastern Australia and northern New Zealand.
Blacktip Grouper
Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775)
Epinephelus fasciatus, the blacktip grouper, is a fish with a wide Indo-Pacific distribution and a maximum length of 40 cm.
Red Hind
Epinephelus guttatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Epinephelus guttatus, the red hind, is a Western Atlantic reef grouper that is a protogynous hermaphrodite.
Wirenet Rockcod
Epinephelus hexagonatus (Forster, 1801)
Epinephelus hexagonatus is a small West Indian Ocean ray-finned grouper named for its distinctive spotted pattern.
Atlantic Goliath Grouper
Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822)
The Atlantic goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) is a large marine fish with distinct physical traits, habitat needs, and reproductive characteristics.
Giant Grouper
Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790)
Epinephelus lanceolatus (giant grouper) is the world's largest reef bony fish, a widespread Indo-Pacific grouper fished and cultured for food.
Snubnose Grouper
Epinephelus macrospilos (Bleeker, 1855)
The snub-nose grouper Epinephelus macrospilos is an Indo-Pacific ray-finned grouper that feeds on fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods.
Highfin Grouper
Epinephelus maculatus (Bloch, 1790)
Epinephelus maculatus is a predatory Indo-Pacific grouper with distinctive spotted patterning that grows fast and lives alone outside spawning.
Malabar Grouper
Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
The Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus) is a large Indo-West Pacific fish harvested for food, sport, and aquaculture.
Dusky Grouper
Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)
Epinephelus marginatus is a large demersal fish with two disjunct populations across Atlantic and Indian Ocean coastlines.
Honeycomb Grouper
Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793
Epinephelus merra, the common small honeycomb grouper, is a small-bodied Indo-Pacific fish with a distinctive network hexagonal spot pattern.
Specklefin Grouper
Epinephelus ongus (Bloch, 1790)
Epinephelus ongus, the white-streaked grouper, is an Indo-Pacific reef fish with distinct color patterns that reaches 40 cm in length.
Camouflage Grouper
Epinephelus polyphekadion (Bleeker, 1849)
Epinephelus polyphekadion, the camouflage grouper, is a widespread Indo-Pacific reef predatory fish often confused with another grouper species.
Longfin Rockcod
Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830)
Epinephelus quoyanus, the longfin grouper, is a small Indo-West Pacific reef fish that is a protogynous hermaphrodite.
Halfmoon Grouper
Epinephelus rivulatus (Valenciennes, 1830)
Epinephelus rivulatus is an Indo-West Pacific reef grouper that is a protogynous hermaphrodite and host to a specific gill parasite.
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