Epinephelini Explained

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.^[1]

Genera

The following genera are placed within the tribe:^[1]

• 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Fishes of the World . 5th . J. S. Nelson . T. C. Grande . M. V. H. Wilson . 2016 . 446–448 . Wiley . 978-1-118-34233-6 . 2020-06-08 . 2022-06-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220601121150/https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/ . dead .