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Epinephelus nigritus

Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf. Garbupa.] (Zo["o]l.)

  1. One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranid[ae], as the red grouper, or brown snapper ( Epinephelus morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw ( Epinephelus nigritus), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

  2. The tripletail ( Lobotes).

  3. In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. [Written also groper, gruper, and trooper.]

Epinephelus nigritus

Warsaw \War"saw\, n. (Zo["o]l.)

  1. The black grouper ( Epinephelus nigritus) of the southern coasts of the United States.

  2. The jewfish; -- called also guasa.