| Blacktip grouper
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| Adult of Epinephelus fasciatus
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Actinopterygii
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| Order:
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Perciformes
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| Suborder:
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Percoidei
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| Family:
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Epinephelidae
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| Genus:
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Epinephelus
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| Species:
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E. fasciatus
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| Binomial name
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Epinephelus fasciatus
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| Synonyms
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- Perca fasciata Forsskål, 1775
- Serranus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775)
- Epinephelus marginalis Bloch, 1793
- Serranus marginalis (Bloch, 1793)
- Holocentrus erythraeus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Holocentrus forskael Lacépède, 1802
- Holocentrus marginatus Lacépède, 1802
- Holocentrus rosmarus Lacépède, 1802
- Holocentrus oceanicus Lacépède, 1802
- Serranus oceanicus (Lacépède, 1802)
- Serranus alexandrinus Valenciennes, 1828
- Cerna alexandrina (Valenciennes, 1828)
- Epinephelus alexandrinus (Valenciennes, 1828)
- Serranus variolosus Valenciennes, 1828
- Epinephelus variolosus (Valenciennes, 1828)
- Serranus tsirimenara Temminck & Schlegel, 1842
- Epinephelus tsirimenara (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
- Perca maculata Forster, 1844
- Serranus cruentus De Vis, 1884
- Serranus geometricus De Vis, 1884
- Serranus subfasciatus De Vis, 1884
- Epinephelus zapyrus Seale, 1906
- Epinephelus emoryi Schultz, 1953
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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, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific region. It is the type species of the genus Epinephelus.