An Inconvenient Monophyly: An Update on the Taxonomy of the Groupers (Epinephelidae)
Author
Ma, Ka Yan
Simon F. S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, 999077, Hong Kong SAR.
Author
Craig, Matthew T.
2 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, California 92037
matthew.craig@noaa.gov.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1643/ci-18-055
journal article
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10.1643/ci-18-055
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Genus
Hyporthodus
Gill
(18 species)
Type species:
Hyporthodus flavicauda
[
ΒΌ
Epinephelus niveatus
(Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes)]
Type locality: Newport, Rhode Island.
Included species:
H. acanthistius
(Gilbert, 1892)
H. chabaudi
(Castelnau, 1861)
(formerly
Epinephelus
)
H. cifuentesi
Lavenberg & Grove, 1993
(formerly
Epinephelus
)
H. dermopterus
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
(formerly
Triso
)
H. ergastularius
(Whitley, 1930)
H. exsul
(Fowler, 1944)
H. flavolimbatus
(Poey, 1865)
H. haifensis
(Ben-Tuvia, 1953)
H. mystacinus
(Poey, 1852)
H. nigritus
(Holbrook, 1855)
H. niphobles
(Gilbert & Starks, 1897)
H. niveatus
(Valenciennes, 1828)
H. octofasciatus
(Griffin, 1926)
H. quernus
(Seale, 1901)
H. septemfasciatus
(Thunberg, 1793)
Species
incertae sedis:
H. darwinensis*
Randall & Heemstra, 1991
H. perplexus*
(Randall, Hoese & Last, 1991)
H. drummondhayi
Goode & Bean, 1878
(formerly
Epinephelus
)