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Humpback grouper

Cromileptes altivelis (Valenciennes, 1828)

Status not recordedbony fish

The humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis) is a species in the family Epinephelidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the humpback grouper

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 humpback grouper live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the humpback grouper as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Mozambique
  2. Vanuatu

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 humpback grouper 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 humpback grouper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyEpinephelidae
  6. genusCromileptes
  7. SpeciesCromileptes altivelis (Valenciennes, 1828)
Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Mérou bossuFrench
  • サラサハタJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the humpback grouper

Other species in the same family Epinephelidae.

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 humpback grouper an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the humpback grouper as introduced in 2 countries: Mozambique and Vanuatu, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the humpback grouper?

The humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis) belongs to the family Epinephelidae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/humpback-grouper

MLA

“Humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/humpback-grouper.

BibTeX
@misc{humpback_grouper_2026,
  title = {Humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/humpback-grouper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}