#2241 · 🐟 fish
Gold Blotch Grouper
🇳🇱 Gestreepte zaagbaars ·Epinephelus costae
8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Alex · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © whodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Alex · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Alex · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © whodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © frahome · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Epinephelus costae , the gold-blotch grouper , is a saltwater fish of the grouper family (Epinephelidae) from the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, where it can be found in shallow coastal waters.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,304 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Gold Blotch Grouper
- Nederlands
- Gestreepte zaagbaars
- scientific name
- Epinephelus costae
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Epinephelidae
- IUCN Red List
- DD · data deficient
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 971
- sightings worldwide
- 1,304
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: onvoldoende gegevens. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Epinephelidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 100091, Wikidata Q2524444, GBIF 2388567, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.