Kingdom Animalia Order Perciformes Genus Hyporthodus Higher classification Epinephelus | Phylum Chordata Family Serranidae Scientific name Epinephelus exsul Rank Species | |
Subfamily Epinephelinae (groupers) Similar Sawtail grouper, Epinephelus, Grouper, Epinephelus undulosus, Epinephelus spilotoceps | ||
The tenspine grouper (Hyporthodus exsul) is a species of marine fish, a grouper in the Serranidae family. It is found in the eastern central Pacific (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama), but is a very rare fish of which little information exists. Largest known specimen was 125 cm long.
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