Epinephelini

Epinephelini
Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) the type species of the genus Epinephelus.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Serranidae
Subfamily:	Epinephelinae
Tribe:	Epinephelini Bleeker, 1874[1]
Genera
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Epinephelini is one of the five tribes in the subfamily Epinephelinae, the groupers, which is part of the family Serranidae which also includes the anthias and the sea basses.^[2]

Genera

The following genera are placed within the tribe:^[2][3]

• Aethaloperca Fowler, 1904 (redmouth grouper)
• Alphestes Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Anyperodon Günther, 1859
• Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Chromileptes Swainson, 1839
• Dermatolepis Gill, 1861
• Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
• Gonioplectrus Gill, 1862
• Gracila Randall, 1964
• Hyporthodus Gill, 1861
• Mycteroperca Gill, 1862
• Paranthias Guichenot, 1868
• Plectropomus Pken, 1817
• Saloptia J.L.B. Smith, 1964
• Triso Randall, Johnson & Lowe, 1989
• Variola Swainson, 1839

References

1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
2. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 446–448. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Epinephelinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 June 2020.