Hyporthodus Explained

Hyporthodus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae, part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses.^[1] It contains the following species, most of which were previously placed in Epinephelus:^[2]

• Hyporthodus acanthistius (Gilbert, 1892)
• 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.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hyporthodus . Marinespecies.org . 2008-02-21 . 2013-11-12.
2. Craig. Matthew T.. Hastings. Philip A.. A molecular phylogeny of the groupers of the subfamily Epinephelinae (Serranidae) with a revised classification of the Epinephelini. Ichthyological Research. 54. 1. 2007. 1–17. 1341-8998. 10.1007/s10228-006-0367-x.
3. Chaabane. Amira. Justine. Jean-Lou. Gey. Delphine. Bakenhaster. Micah D.. Neifar. Lassad. Pseudorhabdosynochus sulamericanus (Monogenea, Diplectanidae), a parasite of deep-sea groupers (Serranidae) occurs transatlantically on three congeneric hosts (Hyporthodus spp.), one from the Mediterranean Sea and two from the western Atlantic. PeerJ. 4. 2016. e2233. 2167-8359. 10.7717/peerj.2233. 27602259. 4991870 . free .