Blacktip Grouper

Epinephelus fasciatus

Also known as: Banded Reef Cod, Banded Rock Cod, Blacktip Cod, Blacktip Rockcod, Blacktip Sea Bass, Black-tipped Cod, Black-tipped Grouper, Black-tipped Rockcod, Black-tipped Sea Bass, Cod, Football Cod, Golden Grouper, Hind, Red-banded Cod, Red-banded Grouper, Red-banded Rockcod, Red-banded Sea Bass, Red-barred Cod, Red-barred Rockcod, Reef Cod, Rockcod, Rock Grouper, Scarlet Rockcod, Stone Bass, Striped Grouper, Trout, Weathered Rockcod

ALSO KNOWN AS

Banded Reef Cod
Banded Rock Cod
Blacktip Cod
Blacktip Rockcod
Blacktip Sea Bass
Black-tipped Cod
Black-tipped Grouper
Black-tipped Rockcod
Black-tipped Sea Bass
Cod
Football Cod
Golden Grouper
Hind
Red-banded Cod
Red-banded Grouper
Red-banded Rockcod
Red-banded Sea Bass
Red-barred Cod
Red-barred Rockcod
Reef Cod
Rockcod
Rock Grouper
Scarlet Rockcod
Stone Bass
Striped Grouper
Trout
Weathered Rockcod

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018

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Blacktip Grouper adult, photographed at Mirihi Island Resort, Maldives — @fishx6 · Mirihi Island Resort, Maldives · June 20101 / 55

Overview

Found singly or in small schools, over protected shallow bays and lagoons, as well as deeper outer reef slopes. Colour varies from place to place.

Groupers are solitary carnivores that hunt near the bottom usually at dusk. Food is drawn into their mouths by a powerful suction when they open their overly large mouths and then swallowed whole.
Spawning is seasonal and controlled by the moons phase.