Nassau grouper
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The Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) is one of the large number of perciform fishes in the family Serranidae commonly referred to as groupers.[3] It is the most important of the groupers for commercial fishery in the West Indies, but has been endangered by overfishing.
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Nassau grouper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Serranidae |
Subfamily: | Epinephelinae |
Genus: | Epinephelus |
Species: | E. striatus |
Binomial name | |
Epinephelus striatus (Bloch, 1792) | |
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The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the Nassau grouper as critically endangered, due to commercial and recreational fishing and reef destruction.[1] Fishing the species is prohibited in US federal waters.[1] The Nassau grouper is a US National Marine Fisheries Service listed threatened species[4] by authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973.[5][6]