| Alphestes | |
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| Alphestes afer | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Percoidei |
| Family: | Epinephelidae |
| Genus: | Alphestes Bloch & Schneider, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Epinephelus afer Bloch, 1793 [1] | |
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]
