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Epinephelini 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 643094

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Tribe  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2003   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderPercoidei   
                                  FamilySerranidae  – groupers, sea basses, bars, mérous, serranidés, cabrillas y meros, sea basses and groupers, serrans  
                                     SubfamilyEpinephelinae   
                                        TribeEpinephelini   
    Direct Children:  
                                           Genus Aethaloperca Fowler, 1904  
                                           Genus Alphestes Bloch and Schneider, 1801  
                                           Genus Anyperodon Günther, 1859  
                                           Genus Cephalopholis Bloch and Schneider, 1801  
                                           Genus Chromileptes Swainson, 1839  
                                           Genus Dermatolepis Gill, 1861  
                                           Genus Epinephelides Ogilby, 1899  
                                           Genus Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 – groupers 
                                           Genus Gonioplectrus Gill, 1862  
                                           Genus Gracila Randall, 1964  
                                           Genus Mycteroperca Gill, 1862  
                                           Genus Paranthias Guichenot, 1868  
                                           Genus Plectropomus Oken, 1817  
                                           Genus Saloptia Smith, 1964  
                                           Genus Triso Randall, Johnson and Lowe, 1989  
                                           Genus Variola Swainson, 1839  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Epinephelini   
       

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