Estuary 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

Not recorded

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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classTeleostei
4. orderPerciformes
5. familyEpinephelidae
6. genusEpinephelus
7. SpeciesEpinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Synonyms Cephalopholis malabaricus, Epinephalus malabaricus, Epinephelus cylindricus, Epinephelus malabrica, Epinephelus salmoides, Epinephelus salmonoides, Holocentrus malabaricus, Holocentrus salmoides, Serranus crapao, Serranus estuarius, Serranus polypodophilus, Serranus salmonoides, Serranus semi-punctatus, Serranus semipunctatus

Catalogue of Life

DD, Data Deficient

Giant grouper

Epinephelus lanceolatus

Epinephelidae

VU, Vulnerable

Dusky grouper

Epinephelus marginatus

Epinephelidae

I

Itajara

Epinephelus itajara

EpinephelidaeNo free photo yet

W

White grouper

Epinephelus aeneus

EpinephelidaeNo free photo yet

R

Rockcod

Epinephelus coioides

EpinephelidaeNo free photo yet

G

Grouper

Epinephelus tukula

EpinephelidaeNo free photo yet

CompareEstuary cod vs Giant grouperEstuary cod vs Dusky grouperEstuary cod vs ItajaraEstuary cod vs White grouper

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@misc{estuary_cod_2026,
  title = {Estuary cod (Epinephelus malabaricus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/estuary-cod},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}