Nassau Grouper
Epinephelus striatus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Epic
- Observations
- 862
- Most observed in
- 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands
- Conservation
- Critically Endangered
Description
The Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) is one of the large number of perciform fishes in the family Serranidae commonly referred to as groupers. It is the most important of the groupers for commercial fishery in the West Indies, but has been endangered by overfishing. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the Nassau grouper as critically endangered, due to commercial and recreational fishing and reef destruction. Fishing the species is prohibited in US federal waters. The Nassau grouper is a US National Marine Fisheries Service-listed threatened species by authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Nassau grouper”.