''Cephalopholis'' is a genus of marine

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grouper Groupers are a diverse group of marine ray-finned fish in the family Epinephelidae, in the order Perciformes. Groupers were long considered a subfamily of the seabasses in Serranidae, but are now treated as distinct. Not all members of this f ...

s from the

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Epinephelinae Groupers are a diverse group of marine Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish in the family Epinephelidae, in the order Perciformes. Groupers were long considered a subfamily of the seabasses in Serranidae, but are now treated as distinct. Not all m ...

in the

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, which also includes the

anthias Anthias are members of the family Anthiadidae in the order Perciformes. The group has also been called Anthiidae or Anthiinae, but these names are preoccupied by a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae erected by Bonelli in 1813 ...

and sea basses. Many of the species have the word "hind" as part of their common name in

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Species

''Cephalolophis'' contains the following 24 species: * '' Cephalopholis aitha'' Randall & Heemstra, 1991 (Rusty hind) * ''

Cephalopholis argus ''Cephalopholis argus'', the peacock hind, roi, bluespotted grouper, and celestial grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a member of the subfamily Epinephelinae, the groupers, and part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the ...

'' Schneider, 1801 (Peacock hind) * '' Cephalopholis aurantia'' (

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, 1828) (Golden hind) * '' Cephalopholis boenak'' (Bloch, 1790) (Chocolate hind) * '' Cephalopholis cruentata'' ( Lacépède, 1802) (Graysby) * '' Cephalopholis cyanostigma'' (Valenciennes, 1828) (Bluespotted hind) * '' Cephalopholis formosa'' ( Shaw, 1812) (Bluelined hind) * ''

Cephalopholis fulva ''Cephalopholis fulva'', the coney or the butterfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is in the family Serranidae which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It is found in the wester ...

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, 1758) (Coney) * ''

Cephalopholis hemistiktos ''Cephalopholis hemistiktos'', the yellowfin hind, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a member of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias Anthias are members of the family Anthiadidae in the order Perciformes. The group h ...

'' ( Rüppell, 1830) (Yellowfin hind) * '' Cephalopholis igarashiensis'' Katayama, 1957 (Garish hind) * '' Cephalopholis leopardus'' (Lacepède, 1801) (Leopard hind) * '' Cephalopholis microprion'' ( Bleeker, 1852) (Freckled hind) * '' Cephalopholis miniata'' ( Forsskål, 1775) (Coral hind) * '' Cephalopholis nigri'' ( Günther, 1859) (Nigri hind) * '' Cephalopholis nigripinnis'' (Valenciennes, 1828) (Blackfin grouper) * '' Cephalopholis oligosticta'' Randall & Ben-Tuvia, 1983 (Vermilion hind) * '' Cephalopholis panamensis'' (

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1876) (Pacific graysby) * '' Cephalopholis polleni'' (Bleeker, 1868) (Harlequin hind) * '' Cephalopholis polyspila'' Randall & Satapoomin, 2000 * '' Cephalopholis sexmaculata'' (Rüppell 1830) (Sixblotch hind) * '' Cephalopholis sonnerati'' (Valenciennes 1828) (Tomato hind) * '' Cephalopholis spiloparaea'' (Valenciennes 1828) (Strawberry hind) * '' Cephalopholis taeniops'' (Valenciennes 1828) (Bluespotted seabass) * '' Cephalopholis urodeta'' ( Forster, 1801) (Darkfin hind) Recent molecular analyses have challenged the placement of the redmouth grouper in the genus ''Aethaloperca'', in a study based on five different genes this species fell within the ''Cephalopholis'' clade, thus suggesting that the species should be included in this genus and referred to as ''Cephalopholis rogaa''.

References

Epinephelini Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Marcus Elieser Bloch Taxa named by Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider {{Serranidae-stub