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''Hyporthodus'' is a genus of marine
ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...
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grouper Groupers are fish of any of a number of genera in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae, in the order Perciformes. Not all serranids are called "groupers"; the family also includes the sea basses. The common name "grouper" is ...
s from the subfamily
Epinephelinae Groupers are fish of any of a number of genera in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae, in the order Perciformes. Not all serranids are called "groupers"; the family also includes the sea basses. The common name "grouper" is ...
, part of the
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Serranidae The Serranidae are a large family of fishes belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species in 65 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers (subfamily Epinephelinae). Although many species are small, in some ca ...
, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It contains the following species, most of which were previously placed in '' Epinephelus'': *'' 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.


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* * Epinephelini {{Serranidae-stub