Epinephelus

Taxobox
name = "Epinephelus"
fossil_range = fossilrange|55|0
Eocene to Present [cite journal
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title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
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pages = p.560
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date = 2002
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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Goliath grouper, "Epinephelus itajara"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Serranidae
genus = "Epinephelus"
genus_authority = Bloch, 1793
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Epinephelus" is a genus of groupers. They are large sea fish. Members of this genus may also be called a Mero.

pecies

FishBase lists 99 species:
* Areolate grouper, "Epinephelus areolatus" (Forsskål, 1775).
* Banded grouper, "Epinephelus amblycephalus" (Bleeker, 1857).
* Barred-chest grouper, "Epinephelus faveatus" (Valenciennes, 1828).
* Black-dotted grouper, "Epinephelus stictus" Randall & Allen, 1987.
* Blacksaddle grouper, "Epinephelus howlandi" (Günther, 1873).
* Blacktip grouper, "Epinephelus fasciatus" (Forsskål, 1775).
* Blue and yellow grouper, "Epinephelus flavocaeruleus" (Lacépède, 1802).
* Bridled grouper, "Epinephelus heniochus" Fowler, 1904.
* Brown-marbled grouper, "Epinephelus fuscoguttatus" (Forsskål, 1775).
* Brownspotted grouper, "Epinephelus chlorostigma" (Valenciennes, 1828).
* Camouflage grouper, "Epinephelus polyphekadion" (Bleeker, 1849).
* Catface grouper, "Epinephelus andersoni" Boulenger, 1903.
* Clipperton grouper, "Epinephelus clippertonensis" Allen & Robertson, 1999.
* Cloudy grouper, "Epinephelus erythrurus" (Valenciennes, 1828).
* Comet grouper, "Epinephelus morrhua" (Valenciennes, 1833).
* Convict grouper, "Epinephelus septemfasciatus" (Thunberg, 1793).
* Coral grouper, "Epinephelus corallicola" (Valenciennes, 1828).
* Darwin grouper, "Epinephelus darwinensis" Randall & Heemstra, 1991.
* Dogtooth grouper, "Epinephelus caninus" (Valenciennes, 1843).
* Dot-dash grouper, "Epinephelus poecilonotus" (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842).
* Dotted grouper, "Epinephelus epistictus" (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842).
* Dungat grouper, "Epinephelus goreensis" (Valenciennes, 1830).
* Dusky grouper, "Epinephelus marginatus" (Lowe, 1834).
* Duskytail grouper, "Epinephelus bleekeri" (Vaillant, 1878).
* Eightbar grouper, "Epinephelus octofasciatus" Griffin, 1926.
* Epaulet grouper, "Epinephelus stoliczkae" (Day, 1875).
* Foursaddle grouper, "Epinephelus spilotoceps" Schultz, 1953.
* Giant grouper, "Epinephelus lanceolatus" (Bloch, 1790).
* Goldblotch grouper, "Epinephelus costae" (Steindachner, 1878).
* Greasy grouper, "Epinephelus tauvina" (Forsskål, 1775).
* Haifa grouper, "Epinephelus haifensis" Ben-Tuvia, 1953.
* Halfmoon grouper, "Epinephelus rivulatus" (Valenciennes, 1830).
* Hawaiian grouper, "Epinephelus quernus" Seale, 1901.
* Highfin grouper, "Epinephelus maculatus" (Bloch, 1790).
* Honeycomb grouper, "Epinephelus merra" Bloch, 1793.
* Hong Kong grouper, "Epinephelus akaara" (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842).
* Itajara, "Epinephelus itajara" (Lichtenstein, 1822).
* Longfin grouper, "Epinephelus quoyanus" (Valenciennes, 1830).
* Longspine grouper, "Epinephelus longispinis" (Kner, 1864).
* Longtooth grouper, "Epinephelus bruneus" Bloch, 1793.
* Malabar grouper, "Epinephelus malabaricus" (Bloch & Schneider, 1801).
* Maori grouper, "Epinephelus undulatostriatus" (Peters, 1866).
* Marquesan grouper, "Epinephelus irroratus" (Forster, 1801).
* Misty grouper, "Epinephelus mystacinus" (Poey, 1852).
* Moustache grouper, "Epinephelus chabaudi" (Castelnau, 1861).
* Multispotted grouper, "Epinephelus gabriellae" Randall & Heemstra, 1991.
* Mystery grouper, "Epinephelus lebretonianus" (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853).
* Nassau grouper, "Epinephelus striatus" (Bloch, 1792).
* Netfin grouper, "Epinephelus miliaris" (Valenciennes, 1830).
* Oblique-banded grouper, "Epinephelus radiatus" (Day, 1868).
* Olive grouper, "Epinephelus cifuentesi" Lavenberg & Grove, 1993.
* One-blotch grouper, "Epinephelus melanostigma" Schultz, 1953.
* Orange-spotted grouper, "Epinephelus coioides" (Hamilton, 1822).
* Pacific Goliath grouper, "Epinephelus quinquefasciatus", (Lichtenstein, 1822).
* Palemargin grouper, "Epinephelus bontoides" (Bleeker, 1855).
* Plump grouper, "Epinephelus trophis" Randall & Allen, 1987.
* Potato grouper, "Epinephelus tukula" Morgans, 1959 Also known as Potato bass or cod.
* Puzzling grouper, "Epinephelus perplexus" Randall, Hoese & Last, 1991.
* Red grouper, "Epinephelus morio" (Valenciennes, 1828).
* Red hind, "Epinephelus guttatus" (Linnaeus, 1758).
* Red-tipped grouper, "Epinephelus retouti" Bleeker, 1868.
* Reticulate grouper, "Epinephelus tuamotuensis" Fourmanoir, 1971.
* Rock grouper, "Epinephelus fasciatomaculosus" (Peters, 1865).
* Rock hind, "Epinephelus adscensionis" (Osbeck, 1765).
* Rooster hind, "Epinephelus acanthistius" (Gilbert, 1892).
* Saddletail grouper, "Epinephelus daemelii" (Günther, 1876).
* Seamount grouper, "Epinephelus suborbitalis" Amaoka & Randall, 1990.
* Sevenbar grouper, "Epinephelus ergastularius" Whitley, 1930.
* Sixbar grouper, "Epinephelus sexfasciatus" (Valenciennes, 1828).
* Smallscaled grouper, "Epinephelus polylepis" Randall & Heemstra, 1991.
* Snowy grouper, "Epinephelus niveatus" (Valenciennes, 1828).
* Snubnose grouper, "Epinephelus macrospilos" (Bleeker, 1855).
* Somali grouper, "Epinephelus indistinctus" Randall & Heemstra, 1991.
* Speckled blue grouper, "Epinephelus cyanopodus" (Richardson, 1846).
* Speckled grouper, "Epinephelus magniscuttis" Postel, Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1963.
* Speckled hind, "Epinephelus drummondhayi" Goode & Bean, 1878.
* Spinycheek grouper, "Epinephelus diacanthus" (Valenciennes, 1828).
* Spotted grouper, "Epinephelus analogus" Gill, 1863.
* Starry grouper, "Epinephelus labriformis" (Jenyns, 1840).
* Starspotted grouper, "Epinephelus hexagonatus" (Forster, 1801).
* Star-studded grouper, "Epinephelus niphobles" Gilbert & Starks, 1897.
* Striped grouper, "Epinephelus latifasciatus" (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842).
* Striped-fin grouper, "Epinephelus posteli" Fourmanoir & Crosnier, 1964.
* Summan grouper, "Epinephelus summana" (Forsskål, 1775).
* Surge grouper, "Epinephelus socialis" (Günther, 1873).
* Tenspine grouper, "Epinephelus exsul" (Fowler, 1944).
* Threespot grouper, "Epinephelus trimaculatus" (Valenciennes, 1828).
* Tonga grouper, "Epinephelus chlorocephalus" (Valenciennes, 1830).
* Twinspot grouper, "Epinephelus bilobatus" Randall & Allen, 1987.
* Warsaw grouper, "Epinephelus nigritus" (Holbrook, 1855).
* Wavy-lined grouper, "Epinephelus undulosus" (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).
* White grouper, "Epinephelus aeneus" (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817).
* White-blotched grouper, "Epinephelus multinotatus" (Peters, 1876).
* White-dotted grouper, "Epinephelus polystigma" (Bleeker, 1853).
* White-edged grouper, "Epinephelus albomarginatus" Boulenger, 1903.
* Whitespotted grouper, "Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus" (Bloch, 1790).
* White-streaked grouper, "Epinephelus ongus" (Bloch, 1790).
* Yellow grouper, "Epinephelus awoara" (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842).
* Yellowedge grouper, "Epinephelus flavolimbatus" Poey, 1865.
* Yellowspotted grouper, "Epinephelus timorensis" Randall & Allen, 1987.

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