Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Scotokaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea
Familia: Serranidae
Subfamilia: Epinephelinae
Genus: Alphestes
Species: A. afer – A. immaculatus – A. multiguttatus
Name
Alphestes Bloch and Schneider, 1801
References
Alphestes – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Alphestes species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.
Vernacular names
Alphestes is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae in the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and the sea basses.[2] Alphestes species are found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.[3]
Species
There are three species in the genus:[4]
Alphestes afer Mutton hamlet (Bloch, 1793)
Alphestes immaculatus Pacific mutton hamlet Breder, 1936
Alphestes multiguttatus Rivulated mutton hamlet (Günther, 1867)
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Alphestes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alphestes". Marinespecies.org. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
"Alphestes immaculatus". www.discoverlife.org. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Alphestes in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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