white-blotched grouper
Epinephelus multinotatus (Peters, 1876)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Epinephelus multinotatus (Peters, 1876)
- Name authority
- (Peters, 1876)
- Common name
- white-blotched grouper
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Epinephelus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderPercoidei
- familyEpinephelidae Bleeker, 1874
- genusEpinephelus Bloch, 1793
- speciesEpinephelus multinotatus (Peters, 1876)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Epinephelus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Epinephelus bleekeri (Vaillant, 1878) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rock hindEpinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Epinephelus daemelii (Günther, 1876) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Epinephelus clippertonensis Allen & Robertson, 1999 | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Epinephelus diacanthus (Valenciennes, 1828) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Epinephelus chlorocephalus (Valenciennes, 1830) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Epinephelus fasciatomaculosus (Peters, 1865) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blue and yellow grouperEpinephelus flavocaeruleus (Lacepède, 1802) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| flag cabrillaEpinephelus labriformis (Jenyns, 1840) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Epinephelus latifasciatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| speckled grouperEpinephelus magniscuttis Postel, Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1963 | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nassau grouperEpinephelus striatus (Bloch, 1792) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Serranus jayakari Boulenger, 1889 Boulenger, 1889 | synonym |
| Epinephilus multinotatus (Peters, 1876) (Peters, 1876) | synonym |
| Epinephelus rankini Whitley, 1945 Whitley, 1945 | synonym |
| Serranus multinotatus Peters, 1876 Peters, 1876 | synonym |
| Epinephelus leprosus Smith, 1955 Smith, 1955 | synonym |
| Epinephelus jayakari (Boulenger, 1889) (Boulenger, 1889) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218237 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6G5Q9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.