Epinephelus

***Epinephelus*** is a genus of groupers from the family Serranidae found in tropical and subtropical areas.

## Species

There are 89 species:

- _Epinephelus adscensionis_ <small>(Osbeck, 1765)</small>
- _Epinephelus aeneus_ <small>(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)</small> (white grouper)
- _Epinephelus akaara_ <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)</small> (Hong Kong grouper)
- _Epinephelus albomarginatus_ <small>Boulenger, 1903</small> (white-edged grouper)
- _Epinephelus amblycephalus_ <small>(Bleeker, 1857)</small> (banded grouper)
- _Epinephelus analogus_ <small>T. N. Gill, 1863</small> (spotted grouper)
- _Epinephelus andersoni_ <small>Boulenger, 1903</small> (cat-face grouper)
- _Epinephelus areolatus_ <small>(Forsskål, 1775)</small> (areolate grouper)
- _Epinephelus awoara_ <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)</small>(yellow grouper)
- _Epinephelus bilobatus_ <small>J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 1987</small>(twin-spot grouper)
- _Epinephelus bleekeri_ <small>(Vaillant, 1878)</small> (dusky-tail grouper)
- _Epinephelus bontoides_ <small>(Bleeker, 1855)</small> (pale-margin grouper)
- _Epinephelus bruneus_ <small>Bloch, 1793</small> (long-tooth grouper)
- _Epinephelus caninus_ <small>(Valenciennes, 1843)</small> (dog-tooth grouper)
- _Epinephelus chabaudi_ <small>(Castelnau, 1861)</small> (moustache grouper)
- _Epinephelus chlorocephalus_ <small>(Valenciennes, 1830)</small>(Tonga grouper)
- _Epinephelus chlorostigma_ <small>(Valenciennes, 1828)</small>(brown-spotted grouper)
- _Epinephelus cifuentesi_ <small>Lavenberg & Grove, 1993</small> (Olive grouper)
- _Epinephelus clippertonensis_ <small>G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1999</small>
- _Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus_ <small>(Bloch, 1790)</small> (white-spotted grouper)
- _Epinephelus coioides_ <small>(F. Hamilton, 1822)</small> (orange-spotted grouper)
- _Epinephelus corallicola_ <small>(Valenciennes, 1828)</small> (coral grouper)
- _Epinephelus costae_ <small>(Steindachner, 1878)</small> (gold-blotch grouper)
- _Epinephelus craigi_ <small>Frable, Tucker & Walker, 2018</small>
- _Epinephelus cyanopodus_ <small>(J. Richardson, 1846)</small>(speckled blue grouper)
- _Epinephelus daemelii_ <small>(Günther, 1876)</small> (saddle-tail grouper)
- _Epinephelus darwinensis_ <small>J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 1991</small> (Darwin grouper)
- _Epinephelus diacanthus_ <small>(Valenciennes, 1828)</small> (spiny-cheek grouper)
- _Epinephelus drummondhayi_ <small>Goode & T. H. Bean, 1878</small>
- _Epinephelus epistictus_ <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)</small>(dotted grouper)
- _Epinephelus erythrurus_ <small>(Valenciennes, 1828)</small> (cloudy grouper)
- _Epinephelus fasciatomaculosus_ <small>(W. K. H. Peters, 1865)</small> (rock grouper)
- _Epinephelus fasciatus_ <small>(Forsskål, 1775)</small> (blacktip grouper)
- _Epinephelus faveatus_ <small>(Valenciennes, 1828)</small> (barred-chest grouper)
- _Epinephelus flavocaeruleus_ <small>(Lacépède, 1802)</small> (blue-and-yellow grouper)
- _Epinephelus fuscoguttatus_ <small>(Forsskål, 1775)</small> (brown-marbled grouper)
- _Epinephelus fuscomarginatus_ <small>Johnson & Worthington Wilmer, 2019</small>
- _Epinephelus gabriellae_ <small>J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 1991</small>(multispotted grouper)
- _Epinephelus geoffroyi_ <small>(Klunzinger, 1870)</small> (Red Sea spotted grouper)
- _Epinephelus goreensis_ <small>(Valenciennes, 1830)</small> (Dungat grouper)
- _Epinephelus guttatus_ <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (red hind)
- _Epinephelus heniochus_ <small>Fowler, 1904</small> (Bridled grouper)
- _Epinephelus hexagonatus_ <small>(Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)</small> (star-spotted grouper)
- _Epinephelus howlandi_ <small>(Günther, 1873)</small> (black-saddle grouper)
- _Epinephelus indistinctus_ <small>J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 1991</small>(Somali grouper)
- _Epinephelus irroratus_ <small>(Forster, 1801)</small> (Marquesan grouper)
- _Epinephelus itajara_ <small>(Lichtenstein, 1822)</small> (Atlantic goliath grouper)
- _Epinephelus kupangensis_ <small>Tucker, Kurniasih & Craig, 2016</small>
- _Epinephelus labriformis_ <small>(L. Jenyns, 1840)</small> (starry grouper)
- _Epinephelus lanceolatus_ <small>(Bloch, 1790)</small> (giant grouper)
- _Epinephelus latifasciatus_ <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)</small>(striped grouper)
- _Epinephelus lebretonianus_ <small>(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853)</small> (mystery grouper)
- _Epinephelus longispinis_ <small>(Kner, 1864)</small> (long-spine grouper)
- _Epinephelus macrospilos_ <small>(Bleeker, 1855)</small> (snub-nose grouper)
- _Epinephelus maculatus_ <small>(Bloch, 1790)</small> (high-fin grouper)
- _Epinephelus magniscuttis_ <small>Postel, Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1963</small> (speckled grouper)
- _Epinephelus malabaricus_ <small>(Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)</small> (Malabar grouper)
- _Epinephelus marginatus_ <small>(R. T. Lowe, 1834)</small> (dusky grouper)
- _Epinephelus melanostigma_ <small>Schultz, 1953</small> (one-blotch grouper)
- _Epinephelus merra_ <small>Bloch, 1793</small> (honeycomb grouper)
- _Epinephelus miliaris_ <small>(Valenciennes, 1830)</small> (net-fin grouper)
- _Epinephelus morio_ <small>(Valenciennes, 1828)</small> (red grouper)
- _Epinephelus morrhua_ <small>(Valenciennes, 1833)</small> (comet grouper)
- _Epinephelus multinotatus_ <small>(W. K. H. Peters, 1876)</small>(white-blotched grouper)
- _Epinephelus ongus_ <small>(Bloch, 1790)</small> (white-streaked grouper)
- _Epinephelus poecilonotus_ <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)</small>(dot-dash grouper)
- _Epinephelus polylepis_ <small>J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 1991</small>(small-scaled grouper)
- _Epinephelus polyphekadion_ <small>(Bleeker, 1849)</small>(camouflage grouper)
- _Epinephelus polystigma_ <small>(Bleeker, 1853)</small> (white-dotted grouper)
- _Epinephelus posteli_ <small>Fourmanoir & Crosnier, 1964</small> (stripefin grouper)
- _Epinephelus quinquefasciatus_ <small>(Bocourt, 1868)</small> (Pacific goliath grouper)
- _Epinephelus quoyanus_ <small>(Valenciennes, 1830)</small> (long-fin grouper)
- _Epinephelus radiatus_ <small>(F. Day, 1868)</small> (oblique-banded grouper)
- _Epinephelus retouti_ <small>Bleeker, 1868</small> (red-tipped grouper)
- _Epinephelus rivulatus_ <small>(Valenciennes, 1830)</small> (halfmoon grouper)
- _Epinephelus sexfasciatus_ <small>(Valenciennes, 1828)</small> (six-bar grouper)
- _Epinephelus socialis_ <small>(Günther, 1873)</small> (surge grouper)
- _Epinephelus spilotoceps_ <small>Schultz, 1953</small> (four-saddle grouper)
- _Epinephelus stictus_ <small>J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 1987</small>(black-dotted grouper)
- _Epinephelus stoliczkae_ <small>(F. Day, 1875)</small> (epaulet grouper)
- _Epinephelus striatus_ <small>(Bloch, 1792)</small> (Nassau grouper)
- _Epinephelus suborbitalis_ <small>Amaoka & J. E. Randall, 1990</small>(seamount grouper)
- _Epinephelus summana_ <small>(Forsskål, 1775)</small> (Summan grouper)
- _Epinephelus tankahkeei_ <small>Wu, Qu, Lin, Tang & Ding 2020</small>
- _Epinephelus tauvina_ <small>(Forsskål, 1775)</small> (greasy grouper)
- _Epinephelus timorensis_ <small>J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 1987</small> (yellow-spotted grouper)
- _Epinephelus trimaculatus_ <small>(Valenciennes, 1828)</small> (three-spot grouper)
- _Epinephelus trophis_ <small>J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 1987</small>(plump grouper)
- _Epinephelus tuamotuensis_ <small>Fourmanoir, 1971</small>(reticulated grouper)
- _Epinephelus tukula_ <small>Morgans, 1959</small> (potato grouper)
- _Epinephelus undulatostriatus_ <small>(W. K. H. Peters, 1867)</small> (Maori grouper)
- _Epinephelus undulosus_ <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)</small> (wavy-lined grouper)

## Their home

These fish are commonly found in coral reefs, but some reside in deep waters.

## Related pages

- Goliath grouper – a term used for two species of _Epinephelus_

## References

1. <small>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species of _Epinephelus_". FishBase. June 2016 version.</small>