170 Species in Family Epinephelidae
Nominal species list for Epinephelidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Aethaloperca rogaa (Fabricius, 1775) Redmouth grouper
Alphestes afer (Bloch, 1793) Mutton hamlet
Alphestes immaculatus Breder, 1936 Pacific mutton hamlet
Alphestes multiguttatus (Günther, 1867) Rivulated mutton hamlet
Anyperodon leucogrammicus (Valenciennes, 1828) Slender grouper
Cephalopholis aitha Randall & Heemstra, 1991 Rusty hind
Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801 Peacock hind
Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828) Golden hind
Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790) Chocolate hind
Cephalopholis colonus (Valenciennes, 1846) Pacific creole-fish
Cephalopholis cruentata (Lacepède, 1802) Graysby
Cephalopholis cyanostigma (Valenciennes, 1828) Bluespotted hind
Cephalopholis formosa (Shaw, 1812) Bluelined hind
Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758) Coney
Cephalopholis hemistiktos (Rüppell, 1830) Yellowfin hind
Cephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama, 1957 Garish hind
Cephalopholis leopardus (Lacepède, 1801) Leopard hind
Cephalopholis microprion (Bleeker, 1852) Freckled hind
Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775) Coral hind
Cephalopholis nigri (Günther, 1859) Niger hind
Cephalopholis nigripinnis (Valenciennes, 1828) Blackfin grouper
Cephalopholis oligosticta Randall & Ben-Tuvia, 1983 Vermilion hind
Cephalopholis panamensis (Steindachner, 1876) Pacific graysby
Cephalopholis polleni (Bleeker, 1868) Harlequin hind
Cephalopholis polyspila Randall & Satapoomin, 2000
Cephalopholis sexmaculata (Rüppell, 1830) Sixblotch hind
Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828) Tomato hind
Cephalopholis spiloparaea (Valenciennes, 1828) Strawberry hind
Cephalopholis taeniops (Valenciennes, 1828) Bluespotted seabass
Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801) Darkfin hind
Chromileptes altivelis (Valenciennes, 1828) Humpback grouper
Dermatolepis dermatolepis (Boulenger, 1895) Leather bass
Dermatolepis inermis (Valenciennes, 1833) Marbled grouper
Dermatolepis striolata (Playfair, 1867) Smooth grouper
Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) Rock hind
Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) White grouper
Epinephelus akaara (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) Hong Kong grouper
Epinephelus albomarginatus Boulenger, 1903 White-edged grouper
Epinephelus amblycephalus (Bleeker, 1857) Banded grouper
Epinephelus analogus Gill, 1863 Spotted grouper
Epinephelus andersoni Boulenger, 1903 Catface grouper
Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskål, 1775) Areolate grouper
Epinephelus awoara (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) Yellow grouper
Epinephelus bilobatus Randall & Allen, 1987 Frostback rockcod
Epinephelus bleekeri (Vaillant, 1878) Duskytail grouper
Epinephelus bontoides (Bleeker, 1855) Palemargin grouper
Epinephelus bruneus Bloch, 1793 Longtooth grouper
Epinephelus caninus (Valenciennes, 1843) Dogtooth grouper
Epinephelus chlorocephalus (Valenciennes, 1830) Tonga grouper
Epinephelus chlorostigma (Valenciennes, 1828) Brownspotted grouper
Epinephelus clippertonensis Allen & Robertson, 1999
Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790) Whitespotted grouper
Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822) Orange-spotted grouper
Epinephelus corallicola (Valenciennes, 1828) Coral grouper
Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878) Goldblotch grouper
Epinephelus craigi Frable, Tucker & Walker, 2018 Brokenbar Grouper
Epinephelus cyanopodus (Richardson, 1846) Speckled blue grouper
Epinephelus daemelii (Günther, 1876) Saddletail grouper
Epinephelus diacanthus (Valenciennes, 1828) Spinycheek grouper
Epinephelus drummondhayi Goode & Bean, 1878 Speckled hind
Epinephelus epistictus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) Dotted grouper
Epinephelus erythrurus (Valenciennes, 1828) Cloudy grouper
Epinephelus fasciatomaculosus (Peters, 1865) Rock grouper
Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) Blacktip grouper
Epinephelus faveatus (Valenciennes, 1828) Barred-chest grouper
Epinephelus flavocaeruleus (Lacepède, 1802) Blue-and-yellow grouper
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775) Brown-marbled grouper
Epinephelus fuscomarginatus Johnson & Worthington Wilmer, 2019 Darkmargin grouper
Epinephelus gabriellae Randall & Heemstra, 1991 Multispotted grouper
Epinephelus geoffroyi (Klunzinger, 1870)
Epinephelus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830) Dungat grouper
Epinephelus guttatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Red hind
Epinephelus heniochus Fowler, 1904 Bridled grouper
Epinephelus hexagonatus (Forster, 1801) Starspotted grouper
Epinephelus howlandi (Günther, 1873) Blacksaddle grouper
Epinephelus indistinctus Randall & Heemstra, 1991 Somali grouper
Epinephelus insularis Nakamura & Motomura, 2021 Pacifc insular grouper;
Epinephelus irroratus (Forster, 1801) Marquesan grouper
Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822) Atlantic goliath grouper
Epinephelus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
Epinephelus kupangensis Tucker, Kurniasih & Craig, 2016 Fivebar grouper
Epinephelus labriformis (Jenyns, 1840) Starry grouper
Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790) Giant grouper
Epinephelus latifasciatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) Striped grouper
Epinephelus lebretonianus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853) Mystery grouper
Epinephelus longispinis (Kner, 1864) Longspine grouper
Epinephelus macrospilos (Bleeker, 1855) Snubnose grouper
Epinephelus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) Highfin grouper
Epinephelus magniscuttis Postel, Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1963 Speckled grouper
Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Malabar grouper
Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) Dusky grouper
Epinephelus melanostigma Schultz, 1953 One-blotch grouper
Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793 Honeycomb grouper
Epinephelus miliaris (Valenciennes, 1830) Netfin grouper
Epinephelus morio (Valenciennes, 1828) Red grouper
Epinephelus morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833) Comet grouper
Epinephelus multinotatus (Peters, 1876) White-blotched grouper
Epinephelus ongus (Bloch, 1790) White-streaked grouper
Epinephelus poecilonotus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) Dot-dash grouper
Epinephelus polylepis Randall & Heemstra, 1991 Smallscaled grouper
Epinephelus polyphekadion (Bleeker, 1849) Camouflage grouper
Epinephelus polystigma (Bleeker, 1853) White-dotted grouper
Epinephelus posteli Fourmanoir & Crosnier, 1964 Striped-fin grouper
Epinephelus quinquefasciatus (Bocourt, 1868) Pacific goliath grouper
Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830) Longfin grouper
Epinephelus radiatus (Day, 1868) Oblique-banded grouper
Epinephelus retouti Bleeker, 1868 Red-tipped grouper
Epinephelus rivulatus (Valenciennes, 1830) Halfmoon grouper
Epinephelus sexfasciatus (Valenciennes, 1828) Sixbar grouper
Epinephelus socialis (Günther, 1873) Surge grouper
Epinephelus spilotoceps Schultz, 1953 Foursaddle grouper
Epinephelus stictus Randall & Allen, 1987 Black-dotted grouper
Epinephelus stoliczkae (Day, 1875) Epaulet grouper
Epinephelus striatus (Bloch, 1792) Nassau grouper
Epinephelus suborbitalis Amaoka & Randall, 1990 Seamount grouper
Epinephelus summana (Fabricius, 1775) Summan grouper
Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius, 1775) Greasy grouper
Epinephelus timorensis Randall & Allen, 1987 Yellowspotted grouper
Epinephelus trimaculatus (Valenciennes, 1828) Threespot grouper
Epinephelus trophis Randall & Allen, 1987 Plump grouper
Epinephelus tuamotuensis Fourmanoir, 1971 Reticulate grouper
Epinephelus tukula Morgans, 1959 Potato grouper
Epinephelus undulatostriatus (Peters, 1866) Maori rockcod
Epinephelus undulosus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Wavy-lined grouper
Gonioplectrus hispanus (Cuvier, 1828) Spanish flag
Gracila albomarginata (Fowler & Bean, 1930) Masked grouper
Hyporthodus acanthistius (Gilbert, 1892) Rooster hind
Hyporthodus chabaudi (Castelnau, 1861) Moustache grouper
Hyporthodus cifuentesi (Lavenberg & Grove, 1993) Olive grouper
Hyporthodus darwinensis (Randall & Heemstra, 1991) Darwin grouper
Hyporthodus ergastularius (Whitley, 1930) Sevenbar grouper
Hyporthodus exsul (Fowler, 1944) Tenspine grouper
Hyporthodus flavolimbatus (Poey, 1865) Yellowedge grouper
Hyporthodus haifensis (Ben-Tuvia, 1953) Haifa grouper
Hyporthodus mystacinus (Poey, 1852) Misty grouper
Hyporthodus nigritus (Holbrook, 1855) Warsaw grouper
Hyporthodus niphobles (Gilbert & Starks, 1897) Star-studded grouper
Hyporthodus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828) Snowy grouper
Hyporthodus octofasciatus (Griffin, 1926) Eightbar grouper
Hyporthodus perplexus (Randall, Hoese & Last, 1991) Puzzling grouper
Hyporthodus quernus (Seale, 1901) Hawaiian grouper
Hyporthodus septemfasciatus (Thunberg, 1793) Convict grouper
Mycteroperca acutirostris (Valenciennes, 1828) Comb grouper
Mycteroperca bonaci (Poey, 1860) Black grouper
Mycteroperca cidi Cervigón, 1966 Venezuelan grouper
Mycteroperca fusca (Lowe, 1838) Island grouper
Mycteroperca interstitialis (Poey, 1860) Yellowmouth grouper
Mycteroperca jordani (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) Gulf grouper
Mycteroperca microlepis (Goode & Bean, 1879) Gag
Mycteroperca olfax (Jenyns, 1840) Sailfin grouper
Mycteroperca phenax Jordan & Swain, 1884 Scamp
Mycteroperca prionura Rosenblatt & Zahuranec, 1967 Sawtail grouper
Mycteroperca rosacea (Streets, 1877) Leopard grouper
Mycteroperca rubra (Bloch, 1793) Mottled grouper
Mycteroperca tigris (Valenciennes, 1833) Tiger grouper
Mycteroperca venenosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Yellowfin grouper
Mycteroperca xenarcha Jordan, 1888 Broomtail grouper
Paranthias furcifer (Valenciennes, 1828) Creole-fish
Plectropomus areolatus (Rüppell, 1830) Squaretail coralgrouper
Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède, 1801) Blacksaddled coralgrouper
Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède, 1802) Leopard coralgrouper
Plectropomus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) Spotted coralgrouper
Plectropomus marisrubri Randall & Hoese, 1986
Plectropomus oligacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) Highfin coralgrouper
Plectropomus pessuliferus (Fowler, 1904) Roving coralgrouper
Plectropomus punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Marbled coralgrouper
Saloptia powelli Smith, 1964 Golden grouper
Triso dermopterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) Oval grouper
Variola albimarginata Baissac, 1953 White-edged lyretail
Variola louti (Fabricius, 1775) Yellow-edged lyretail
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