Epinephelidae

blacktip grouper

Epinephelus fasciatus

Seabass in Indo Pacific

• Black
• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• East Asia
• Oceania
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Large
• Tropical fish

The blacktip grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus), also known as the redbanded grouper, blacktipped cod, black-tipped rockcod, footballer cod, red-barred cod, red-barred rockcod, scarlet rock-cod or weathered rock-cod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the grouper family Epinephelidae. It is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific region.