Brownspotted grouper

Brownspotted grouper
Epinephelus chlorostigma from New Caledonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Epinephelinae
Tribe: Epinephelini
Genus: Epinephelus
Species:
E. chlorostigma
Binomial name
Epinephelus chlorostigma
(Valenciennes, 1828)
Synonyms[2]
  • Serranus chlorostigma Valenciennes, 1828
  • Serranus areolatus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842
  • Serranus reevesii Richardson, 1846
  • Serranus celebicus multipunctatus Kossmann & Räuber, 1877
  • Serranus assabensis Giglioli, 1889

The brownspotted grouper (Epinephelus chlorostigma), also known as the brown spotted reef cod, brown-spotted rockcod, coral grouper or honeycomb 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 has an Indo-Pacific distribution but in the northern Indian Ocean this distribution is discontinuous. It forms part of a species complex with two closely related species in the genus Epinephelus.

  1. ^ Fennessy, S.; Choat, J.H.; Nair, R.; Robinson, J. (2018). "Epinephelus chlorostigma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T118358386A100463851. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T118358386A100463851.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Epinephelus chlorostigma". FishBase. December 2019 version.