BrackishSaltwater
Blacktip grouper
Epinephelus fasciatus
Epinephelidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 52 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 2,974 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Comoros, and 55 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Common in outer reef slopes at depths below 15 m, also occurs in protected bays and lagoons as shallow as 4 m. May also be found down to a depth of 160 m. At Madagascar it feeds night and day on brachyuran crabs, fishes, shrimps, and galatheid crabs. In Kenyan waters it feeds on crabs, stomatopods, fishes, ophiuroids, and octopus. In the Red Sea, mostly fishes and some crustaceans (mainly crabs) are consumed. Readily caught with hook-and-line, spear, traps, and gill nets..
Other names
Other scientific names
- Cerna alexandrina
- Cerna chrysotaenia
- Epinephalus alexandrinus
- Epinephalus fasciatus
- Epinephelus alexandrinus
- Epinephelus emoryi
In other languages
- Guldgrouper
- Gylden havaborre
- Raitameriahven
- Banded Reed Cod, Banded reef cod, Banded rock cod, Black tipped cod, Black-tipped cod, Black-tipped grouper, Black-tipped rock-cod, Black-tipped rockcod, Blacktip rockcod, Blacktipped cod, Footballer cod, Golden grouper, Grouper, Red banded grouper, Red banned grouper, Red-banded grouper, Red-barred cod, Red-barred rockcod, Redbanded grouper, Redbarred Roccod, Redbarred rockcod, Reef cod, Rock cod, Rockcod, Scarlet rock-cod, Scarlet sea bass, Sea bass, Seabass, Stone bass, Striped grouper, Weathered rock-cod
Articles
All articles
Fish that get along4 min read
Temperament, fin nippers, fish that eat other fish, and fish that need the same water. And what the Harmony mark in the app means.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.