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
Mycteroperca
Gill
(27 species)
Type species:
Serranus olfax
Jenyns
(by subsequent designation of Gill 1866).
Type locality: Galapagos Islands.
Included species:
M. acutirostris
(Valenciennes, 1828)
M. albomarginatus
(Boulenger, 1903)
(formerly
Epinephelus
)
M. andersoni
(Boulenger, 1903)
(formerly
Epinephelus
)
M. bonaci
(Poey, 1860)
M. cidi
Cervigón, 1966
M. caninus
(Valenciennes, 1843)
(formerly
Epinephelus
)
M. costae
(Steindachner, 1878)
(formerly
Epinephelus
)
M. epistictus
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
(formerly
Epinephelus
)
M. fusca
(Lowe, 1838)
M. goreensis
(Valenciennes, 1830)
(formerly
Epinephelus
)
M. heniochus
Fowler, 1904
(formerly
Epinephelus
)
M. interstitialis
(Poey, 1860)
M. jordani
(Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)
M. marginatus
(Lowe, 1834)
(formerly
Epinephelus
)
M. microlepis
(Goode & Bean, 1879)
M. morrhua
(Valenciennes, 1833)
(formerly
Epinephelus
)
M. olfax
(Jenyns, 1840)
M. phenax
Jordan & Swain, 1884
M. poecilonotus
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
(formerly
Epinephelus
)
M. posteli
(Fourmanoir & Crosnier, 1964)
(formerly
Epinephelus
)
M. prionura
Rosenblatt & Zahuranec, 1967
M. radiatus
(Day, 1868)
(formerly
Epinephelus
)
M. rosacea
(Streets, 1877)
M. rubra
(Bloch, 1793)
M. tigris
(Valenciennes, 1833)
M. venenosa
(Linnaeus, 1758)
M. xenarcha
Jordan, 1888