Category:Epinephelus epistictus

**Epinephelus epistictus**
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Instance of	taxon;
IUCN conservation status	Least Concern;
Common name
	English: Dotted grouper, Black-spotted Grouper, Black-spotted Rockcod, Broken-line Grouper, Brown Rockcod, Dotted Grouper, Spottedback Grouper; العربية: هامور منقط; مصرى: هامور منقط; español: Mero Palido; français: Diri, Merou Pale; Bahasa Melayu: Ikan Kerapu Pulut; русский: Палевый групер; Tiếng Việt: Cá mú chấm đen; 中文: 小紋石斑魚, 石斑, 過魚, 甘梯; 中文（中国大陆）: 小纹石斑鱼; 中文（简体）: 小纹石斑鱼; 中文（繁體）: 小紋石斑魚; 中文（香港）: 小紋石斑魚; 中文（臺灣）: 小紋石斑魚;
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Superphylum	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Megaclass	Osteichthyes
Superclass	Actinopterygii
Class	Actinopteri
Subclass	Neopterygii
Infraclass	Teleostei
Megacohort	Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohort	Clupeocephala
Cohort	Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohort	Neoteleostei
Infracohort	Eurypterygia
Section	Ctenosquamata
Subsection	Acanthomorphata
Division	Acanthopterygii
Subdivision	Percomorphaceae
Series	Eupercaria
Order	Perciformes
Suborder	Percoidei
Family	Serranidae
Subfamily	Epinephelinae
Tribe	Epinephelini
Genus	Epinephelus
Species	Epinephelus epistictus
Taxon author	Hermann Schlegel, 1842
Authority file
	Q1002476; IUCN taxon ID: 132824; NCBI taxonomy ID: 309922; ITIS TSN: 551055; GBIF taxon ID: 2388544; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 218210; FishBase species ID: 7341; ARKive ID (archived): epinephelus-epistictus, dotted-grouper/epinephelus-epistictus; iNaturalist taxon ID: 100096; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 122796; IRMNG ID: 10731721
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Osteichthyes • Classis: Actinopterygii • Ordo: Perciformes • Familia: Serranidae • Subfamilia: Epinephelinae • Genus: Epinephelus • Species: Epinephelus epistictus Temminck & Schlegel 1843

Synonyms

Serranus praeopercularis Boulenger, 1888