Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Perciformes > Suborder Percoidei > Family Epinephelidae > Genus Epinephelus

Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Epinephelus*	Bloch, 1793	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Serranus costae*	Steindachner, 1878	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: anfós bord; anfós llis; mero ratllat sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Croatian: kirnja zlatica

English: goldblotch grouper sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: badèche; mérou badèche sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: gestreifter Zackenbarsch; Spitzkopf-Zackenbarsch sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: stira sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Hebrew: דקר אלכסנדרוני sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: cernia dorata sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Polish: granik smugowy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: александрийский мероу sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: falso abadejo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: altın benekli lahoz; kara lahoz

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Epinephelus costae, Spain, by Minguell, C.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127034