Biology:Alphestes
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Alphestes | |
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| Alphestes afer | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Subfamily: | Epinephelinae |
| Tribe: | Epinephelini |
| Genus: | Alphestes Bloch & Schneider, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Epinephelus afer Bloch, 1793[1]
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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". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=443.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alphestes". Marinespecies.org. 2008-01-15. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268269. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- ↑ "Alphestes immaculatus". http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Alphestes+immaculatus&l=spanish. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Alphestes in FishBase. December 2019 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2605830 entry
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