Groupers are classified in 14 genera of the subfamily Epinephelinae, which comprises at least half the approximately 449 species in the family Serranidae. Throughout most warm and temperate marine regions, serranids are highly valued for food, and both small and large species are kept in aquariums.
This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/ and may be cited as: Tucker, J. W., Jr., Venizelos, A., & Benetti, D. D. (2000). Grouper culture. In R. R. Stickney (ed.), Encyclopedia of Aquaculture. (pp. 418-421). New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1271.