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Hyporthodus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Serranidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Subfamily
  
Epinephelinae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Epinephelus flavolimbatus, Alphestes, Hawaiian grouper, Gracila albomarginata, Snowy grouper

Hyporthodus niveatus snowy grouper


Hyporthodus is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae (groupers). It contains the following species, most of which were previously placed in Epinephelus:

Contents

  • Hyporthodus acanthistius (Gilbert, 1892)
  • Hyporthodus darwinensis (Randall & Heemstra, 1991)
  • Hyporthodus ergastularius (Whitley, 1930)
  • Hyporthodus exsul (Fowler, 1944)
  • Hyporthodus flavolimbatus (Poey, 1865)
  • Hyporthodus haifensis (Ben-Tuvia, 1953)
  • Hyporthodus mystacinus (Poey, 1852)
  • Hyporthodus nigritus (Holbrook, 1855)
  • Hyporthodus niphobles (Gilbert & Starks, 1897)
  • Hyporthodus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828)
  • Hyporthodus octofasciatus (Griffin, 1926)
  • Hyporthodus perplexus (Randall, Hoese & Last, 1991)
  • Hyporthodus quernus (Seale, 1901)
  • Hyporthodus septemfasciatus (Thunberg, 1793)

    • A molecular analysis has shown that most species of Hyporthodus can be identified on the basis of COI barcoding sequences.

    Hyporthodus quernus hawaiian grouper


    References

    Hyporthodus Wikipedia
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