Grammistidae

Grammistidae
Grammistes sexlineatus
Rypticus saponaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Percoidei
Family:	Grammistidae Bleeker, 1857 [1]
Genera
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Grammistidae is a family of percoid fish, commonly known as soapfishes (a name also used for the Diploprioninae). They are found in tropical oceans around the world. ^[2] They were formerly considered a tribe of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias, groupers and the sea basses, ^[3] but are now treated as a distinct family. ^{[4] [5]}

Genera

The following genera are included within the Grammistidae: ^[6]

• Aporops Schultz, 1943
• Grammistes Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Grammistops Schultz 1953
• Jeboehlkia Robins, 1967
• Pogonoperca Günther, 1859
• Pseudogramma Bleeker, 1875
• Rypticus Cuvier, 1829
• Suttonia J.L.B. Smith, 1953

References

1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (December 2019). "Grammistinae". Fishbase. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
3. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 446–448. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
4. Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
5. Near, Thomas J.; Thacker, Christine E. (2024-04-18). "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)" . Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1). doi:10.3374/014.065.0101. ISSN   0079-032X.
6. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Grammistidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved July 29, 2025.