Giant grouper: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the giant grouper lives – recorded in 9 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Epinephelus lanceolatus
Group	Bony fish
Status	Data deficient (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	9 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Oceania
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Perciformes
Family	Serranidae

Where does the giant grouper live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the giant grouper in 9 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: South China Sea.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the giant grouper endangered?

The giant grouper’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Data deficient” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the giant grouper?

The giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) is a ray-finned fish in the order Perciformes and the family Serranidae, genus Epinephelus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the giant grouper

The giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus), also known as the Queensland grouper (groper), brindle grouper or mottled-brown sea bass, 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 a wide Indo-Pacific distribution and is one of the largest extant species of bony fish.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Giant grouper (revision 1378923170), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q847747 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).