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Carpet cod

Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775)

Status not recordedbony fish

The carpet cod (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) is a species in the family Epinephelidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the carpet cod

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the carpet cod live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the carpet cod as introduced in 1 country.

  1. China

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the carpet cod endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the carpet cod classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyEpinephelidae
  6. genusEpinephelus
  7. SpeciesEpinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775)

Synonyms Ephinephelus fuscoguttatus, Epinephelus fuscogutatus, Epinephelus fuscuguttatus, Epinephelus lutra, Perca summana fuscoguttata, Perca summana var. fuscoguttata, Perca summana var. koschar, Serranus fuscoguttatus, Serranus horridus, Serranus lutra, Serranus taeniocheirus

Other names and names in other languages (45)
  • Black rock-codEnglish
  • Black rockcodEnglish
  • Brown-marbled grouperEnglish
  • Brownmarbled grouperEnglish
  • Carpet-codEnglish
  • Flower codEnglish
  • Flower grouperEnglish
  • Flower-codEnglish
  • Flowery codEnglish
  • Flowery rockcodEnglish
  • Tiger grouperEnglish
  • Bulangagn
  • HamourArabic
  • InidBikol
  • Mantiscbk
  • PugapoCebuano
  • 過魚Chinese
  • kanic hnědoskvrnnýCzech
  • Marmoreret koralbarsDanish
  • Stierkopf-ZackenbarschGerman
  • ކަސް ފާނަDivehi
  • Mero ManchadoSpanish
  • Mérou marronFrench
  • KurapuIloko
  • アカマダラハタJapanese
  • KertangMalay
  • TemekaiPalauan
  • Ripw-ripwPohnpeian
  • Garoupa-marmoreada-do-Indo-PacíficoPortuguese
  • Буропятнистый груперRussian
  • Lapu-lapusgd
  • CaaloSomali
  • ปลาเก๋าเสือThai
  • GaropaFilipino
  • TingagWaray
  • 老虎斑Chinese
  • KigtingBikol
  • KugtongCebuano
  • Mero FloridoSpanish
  • loche marbréeFrench
  • Kerapu hitamMalay
  • KulapoFilipino
  • 棕点石斑鱼Chinese
  • 棕點石斑魚Chinese
  • 棕點石斑魚˙Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the carpet cod

Other species in the same genus Epinephelus.

DD, Data Deficient
Giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus)

Giant grouper

Epinephelus lanceolatus

Epinephelidae

Itajara

Epinephelus itajara

EpinephelidaeNo free photo yet

Rockcod

Epinephelus coioides

EpinephelidaeNo free photo yet

Estuary cod

Epinephelus malabaricus

EpinephelidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the carpet cod an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the carpet cod as introduced in 1 country: China, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the carpet cod?

The carpet cod (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) belongs to the family Epinephelidae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Carpet cod (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/carpet-cod

MLA

“Carpet cod (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/carpet-cod.

BibTeX
@misc{carpet_cod_2026,
  title = {Carpet cod (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/carpet-cod},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}