Comet grouper

Not to be confused with blue groper or Calloplesiops altivelis.

Comet grouper
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Epinephelinae
Genus: Epinephelus
Species:
E. morrhua
Binomial name
Epinephelus morrhua
Synonyms[2]
  • Serranus morrhua Valenciennes, 1833
  • Cephalopholis morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833)
  • Epinephelus cometae Tanaka, 1927

The comet grouper (Epinephelus morrhua), also known as the comet cod or dot-dash grouper, 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 a species of deep coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region.

  1. ^ Barreiros, J. (2018). "Epinephelus morrhua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T132745A100552494. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T132745A100552494.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Epinephelus morhua". FishBase. December 2019 version.