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—Morphologically, the genus
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<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFD993D246FE6F9B8" box="[634,767,1543,1564]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">Mycteroperca</emphasis>
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appears to be closely related to
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<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFE3B3D066F4BF99F" box="[472,594,1573,1595]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">Epinephelus</emphasis>
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, as they both have 10 or 11 dorsal-fin spines and lack trisegmental pterygiophores in the dorsal and anal fins, as well as the knob at the lower corner of maxilla (Heemstra and Randall, 1993). In past treatments,
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<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFEFA3D836C87F911" box="[281,414,1696,1717]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">Mycteroperca</emphasis>
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has primarily been distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFF293D9D6C5DF970" box="[202,324,1726,1748]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">Epinephelus</emphasis>
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by its greater number of anal-fin rays (1013 in
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<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFF4C3DFE6C2DF956" box="[175,308,1757,1778]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">Mycteroperca</emphasis>
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and 710 in
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<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFE303DFF6F54F956" box="[467,589,1756,1778]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">Epinephelus</emphasis>
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), its body depth at dorsal-fin origin not more than depth at anus, and in its caudal-fin shape (truncate, emarginate, or distinctly concave in
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<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFF4F3C1A6C28F8EA" box="[172,305,1849,1870]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">Mycteroperca</emphasis>
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versus generally round and rarely truncate in
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<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFF6D3C746C11F8C9" box="[142,264,1879,1901]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">Epinephelus</emphasis>
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). Consistent with previous studies (Craig and Hastings, 2007; Zhuang et al., 2013; Ma et al., 2016), several species of
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<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFEE23CB76C62F80E" box="[257,379,1940,1962]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">Epinephelus</emphasis>
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were nested within the clade containing
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<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFF5A3C976C27F86D" box="[185,318,1972,1993]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">Mycteroperca</emphasis>
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, including
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<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFE5D3C976F62F86D" box="[446,635,1971,1993]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">E. albomarginatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFD6A3C976E11F86D" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1903" box="[649,776,1971,1993]" family="Serranidae" genus="Epinephelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andersoni">
<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFD6A3C976E11F86D" box="[649,776,1971,1993]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">E. andersoni</emphasis>
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,
<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFCF43C976C57F843" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFCF43C976DF8F843" baseAuthorityName="Valenciennes" baseAuthorityYear="1843" family="Serranidae" genus="Epinephelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caninus">E. caninus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFF133CF16C57F843" baseAuthorityName="Steindachner" baseAuthorityYear="1878" box="[240,334,2002,2023]" family="Serranidae" genus="Epinephelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="costae">E. costae</taxonomicName>
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFE823CF16CC6F843" baseAuthorityName="Temminck &amp; Schlegel" baseAuthorityYear="1842" box="[353,479,2002,2023]" family="Serranidae" genus="Epinephelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="epistictus">
<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFE823CF16CC6F843" box="[353,479,2002,2023]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">E. epistictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFE123CF16F75F843" baseAuthorityName="Valenciennes" baseAuthorityYear="1830" box="[497,620,2002,2023]" family="Serranidae" genus="Epinephelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="goreensis">
<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFE123CF16F75F843" box="[497,620,2002,2023]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">E. goreensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFD9D3CF16E1DF843" authorityName="Fowler" authorityYear="1904" box="[638,772,2001,2023]" family="Serranidae" genus="Epinephelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heniochus">
<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFD9D3CF16E1DF843" box="[638,772,2001,2023]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">E. heniochus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFCF43CF16ED6FA2D" baseAuthorityName="Lowe" baseAuthorityYear="1834" box="[791,975,1396,2023]" family="Serranidae" genus="Epinephelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="marginatus">
<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFCF43CF16ED6FA2D" box="[791,975,1396,2023]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">E. marginatus</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFC053E57697BFA2D" baseAuthorityName="Valenciennes" baseAuthorityYear="1833" box="[998,1122,1395,1417]" family="Serranidae" genus="Epinephelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="morrhua">
<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFC053E57697BFA2D" box="[998,1122,1395,1417]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">E. morrhua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFB9B3E576800FA2D" baseAuthorityName="Temminck &amp; Schlegel" baseAuthorityYear="1842" box="[1144,1305,1395,1417]" family="Serranidae" genus="Epinephelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="poecilonotus">
<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFB9B3E576800FA2D" box="[1144,1305,1395,1417]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">E. poecilonotus</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFAD33E57688CFA2D" baseAuthorityName="Fourmanoir &amp; Crosnier" baseAuthorityYear="1964" box="[1328,1429,1395,1417]" family="Serranidae" genus="Epinephelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="posteli">
<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFAD33E57688CFA2D" box="[1328,1429,1395,1417]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">E. posteli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFA073E576EB6FA03" baseAuthorityName="Day" baseAuthorityYear="1868" family="Serranidae" genus="Epinephelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="radiatus">
<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFA073E576EB6FA03" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">E. radiatus</emphasis>
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(Clade D,
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,
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). With the exception of
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<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFA7B3EB168EBFA03" box="[1432,1522,1425,1447]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">M. rubra</emphasis>
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, all other species of
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<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFBB23E9269CFFA62" box="[1105,1238,1457,1478]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">Mycteroperca</emphasis>
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form the monophyletic crown group to the entire clade (Clade D,
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,
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). Although the species of
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<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFB963ECE69F6F9A7" box="[1141,1263,1517,1539]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">Epinephelus</emphasis>
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within this clade have 89 anal-fin rays and a rounded caudal fin, several (
<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFA073D2E69C8F9E5" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFA073D2E6ED8F9E5" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1903" family="Serranidae" genus="Epinephelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andersoni">E. andersoni</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFC353D0F6941F9E5" baseAuthorityName="Valenciennes" baseAuthorityYear="1830" box="[982,1112,1580,1601]" family="Serranidae" genus="Epinephelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="goreensis">E. goreensis</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFB8F3D0F69C8F9E5" baseAuthorityName="Fourmanoir &amp; Crosnier" baseAuthorityYear="1964" box="[1132,1233,1579,1601]" family="Serranidae" genus="Epinephelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="posteli">E. posteli</taxonomicName>
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) share the characteristic evenness of body depth typical of
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFB1B3D696864F9FB" authorityName="Gill" authorityYear="1862" box="[1272,1405,1610,1631]" family="Serranidae" genus="Mycteroperca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFB1B3D696864F9FB" box="[1272,1405,1610,1631]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">Mycteroperca</emphasis>
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. Although morphological synapomorphies have yet to be found, all molecular data provide strong support for the monophyly of this clade of groupers, and hence it seems most prudent to include the 11 species of
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFB8D3DE769F1F97E" authorityName="Bloch" authorityYear="1793" box="[1134,1256,1732,1754]" family="Serranidae" genus="Epinephelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFB8D3DE769F1F97E" box="[1134,1256,1732,1754]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">Epinephelus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFAE83DE66889F97E" authorityName="Gill" authorityYear="1862" box="[1291,1424,1733,1754]" family="Serranidae" genus="Mycteroperca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFAE83DE66889F97E" box="[1291,1424,1733,1754]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">Mycteroperca</emphasis>
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(the type species for
<taxonomicName id="4C570AB1E12EDF3BFC393DC1694DF95C" authorityName="Bloch" authorityYear="1793" box="[986,1108,1762,1784]" family="Serranidae" genus="Epinephelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFC393DC1694DF95C" box="[986,1108,1762,1784]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">Epinephelus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
being recovered within clade F, thus the monophyletic clade E
<emphasis id="B923AD20E12EDF3BFB943C23699EF8B3" bold="true" box="[1143,1159,1792,1815]" pageId="8" pageNumber="451">þ</emphasis>
F retains the generic name).
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