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Epinephelus
Epinephelus is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 93 known species

Dusky Grouper
speciesEpinephelus marginatus

Honeycomb Grouper
speciesEpinephelus merra

Blacktip Grouper
speciesEpinephelus fasciatus

Longfin Rockcod
speciesEpinephelus quoyanus

Starry Grouper
speciesEpinephelus labriformis

Gold Blotch Grouper
speciesEpinephelus costae

Nassau Grouper
speciesEpinephelus striatus

Goldspotted Rockcod
speciesEpinephelus coioides

Flowery Rockcod
speciesEpinephelus fuscoguttatus

Giant Grouper
speciesEpinephelus lanceolatus

Atlantic Goliath Grouper
speciesEpinephelus itajara

Camouflage Grouper
speciesEpinephelus polyphekadion

Greasy Rockcod
speciesEpinephelus tauvina

Red Hind
speciesEpinephelus guttatus

Malabar Grouper
speciesEpinephelus malabaricus

Specklefin Grouper
speciesEpinephelus ongus

Highfin Grouper
speciesEpinephelus maculatus

Whitespotted Grouper
speciesEpinephelus coeruleopunctatus

Red Grouper
speciesEpinephelus morio

Potato Rockcod
speciesEpinephelus tukula

Foursaddle Grouper
speciesEpinephelus spilotoceps

Areolate Grouper
speciesEpinephelus areolatus

Maori Rockcod
speciesEpinephelus undulatostriatus

Rock Hind
speciesEpinephelus adscensionis

Snubnose Grouper
speciesEpinephelus macrospilos
Black Rockcod
speciesEpinephelus daemelii

Halfmoon Grouper
speciesEpinephelus rivulatus

White Grouper
speciesEpinephelus aeneus

Purple Rockcod
speciesEpinephelus cyanopodus

Coral Grouper
speciesEpinephelus corallicola

Wirenet Rockcod
speciesEpinephelus hexagonatus

Yellow Grouper
speciesEpinephelus awoara

Rock Grouper
speciesEpinephelus fasciatomaculosus

Duskytail Grouper
speciesEpinephelus bleekeri

Flowery Rockcod × Giant Grouper
hybridEpinephelus fuscoguttatus × lanceolatus

Blacksaddle Rockcod
speciesEpinephelus howlandi

Cloudy Grouper
speciesEpinephelus erythrurus

Blue-and-yellow Grouper
speciesEpinephelus flavocaeruleus

Hong Kong Grouper
speciesEpinephelus akaara

Longspine Grouper
speciesEpinephelus longispinis

Summan Grouper
speciesEpinephelus summana

Threespot Grouper
speciesEpinephelus trimaculatus

Twinspot Grouper
speciesEpinephelus bilobatus

Clipperton Grouper
speciesEpinephelus clippertonensis

Sixbar Grouper
speciesEpinephelus sexfasciatus

Epaulette Grouper
speciesEpinephelus stoliczkae

Longtooth Grouper
speciesEpinephelus bruneus

Oneblotch Grouper
speciesEpinephelus melanostigma

Spotted Grouper
speciesEpinephelus analogus

Rankin Cod
speciesEpinephelus multinotatus

Palemargin Grouper
speciesEpinephelus bontoides

Pacific Goliath Grouper
speciesEpinephelus quinquefasciatus

Dogtooth Grouper
speciesEpinephelus caninus

Stripedfin Grouper
speciesEpinephelus posteli

Striped Grouper
speciesEpinephelus latifasciatus

Catface Grouper
speciesEpinephelus andersoni

Barred-chest Grouper
speciesEpinephelus faveatus

Spinycheek Grouper
speciesEpinephelus diacanthus

Redtip Grouper
speciesEpinephelus retouti

Rankin's Grouper
speciesEpinephelus rankini
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49497.