Alphestes

<i>Alphestes</i>

Alphestes

Genus of fishes

Alphestes is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae in the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and the sea basses.[2] Alphestes species are found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.[3]

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Species

There are three species in the genus:[4]

  • Alphestes afer Mutton hamlet (Bloch, 1793)
  • Alphestes immaculatus Pacific mutton hamlet Breder, 1936
  • Alphestes multiguttatus Rivulated mutton hamlet (Günther, 1867)

References

  1. [1]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Alphestes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. [2]
    "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alphestes". Marinespecies.org. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
  3. [3]
    "Alphestes immaculatus". www.discoverlife.org. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  4. [4]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Alphestes in FishBase. December 2019 version.


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