epinephelus nigritus

2 definitions found

epinephelus nigritus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf.
     Garbupa.] (Zool.)
     (a) 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.
     (b) The tripletail (Lobotes).
     (c) In California, the name is often applied to the
         rockfishes. [Written also groper, gruper, and
         trooper.]
         [1913 Webster]

  Warsaw \War"saw\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) The black grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) of the
         southern coasts of the United States.
     (b) The jewfish; -- called also guasa.
         [1913 Webster]