Biology:Cephalopholis

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Cephalopholis
Cephalopholis argus at Kona.jpg
Cephalopholis argus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Epinephelinae
Tribe: Epinephelini
Genus: Cephalopholis
Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Type species
Cephalopholis argus
Schneider, 1801[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Enneacentrus Gill, 1865
  • Petrometopon Gill, 1865
  • Uriphaeton Swainson, 1839

Cephalopholis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae in the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. Many of the species have the word "hind" as part of their common name in English.[3]

Species

Cephalolophis contains the following 24 species:[3]

Recent molecular analyses have challenged the placement of the redmouth grouper in the genus Aethaloperca, in a study based on five different genes this species fell within the Cephalopholis clade, thus suggesting that the species should be included in this genus and referred to as Cephalopholis rogaa.[4]

References


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