Dermatolepis

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Dermatolepis
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Dermatolepis inermis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Epinephelinae
Tribe: Epinephelini
Genus: Dermatolepis
Gill, 1861 [1]
Type species
Dermatolepis punctatus
Gill, 1861 [1]
Synonyms [2]

LiopercaGill, 1862

Dermatolepis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae, part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. They are found in the western Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Species

The genus Dermatolepis contains these species: [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Dermatolepis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Epinephelinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Dermatolepis in FishBase . December 2019 version.