Alphestes

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Alphestes
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Alphestes afer
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Epinephelinae
Tribe: Epinephelini
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]

Species

There are three species in the genus: [4]

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References

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