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Serranidae Swainson, 1839

114265  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:114265)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Perciformes (Order)
  7. Serranidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Genus Aethaloperca Fowler, 1904
Genus Alphestes Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Genus Anatolanthias Anderson, Parin & Randall, 1990
Genus Anthias Bloch, 1792
Genus Anyperodon Günther, 1859
Genus Aporops Schultz, 1943
Genus Aulacocephalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
Genus Baldwinella Anderson & Heemstra, 2012
Genus Bathyanthias Günther, 1880
Genus Belonoperca Fowler & Bean, 1930
Genus Bullisichthys Rivas, 1971
Genus Caesioperca Castelnau, 1872
Genus Caprodon Temminck & Schlegel in Siebold, 1843
Genus Centropristis Cuvier, 1829
Genus Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Genus Chelidoperca Boulenger, 1895
Genus Choranthias Anderson & Heemstra, 2012
Genus Chromileptes Swainson, 1839
Genus Cratinus Steindachner, 1878
Genus Cretaserranus Schwarzhans & Jagt, 2021 †
Genus Dactylanthias Bleeker, 1871
Genus Dapalis Gistl, 1848 †
Genus Dermatolepis Gill, 1861
Genus Diplectrum Holbrook, 1855
Genus Diploprion Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
Genus Dules Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829
Genus Epinephelides Ogilby, 1899
Genus Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
Genus Giganthias Katayama, 1954
Genus Gonioplectrus Gill, 1862
Genus Gracila Randall, 1964
Genus Grammistes Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Genus Grammistops Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
Genus Hemanthias Steindachner, 1875
Genus Hemilutjanus Bleeker, 1876
Genus Holanthias Günther, 1868
Genus Hypoplectrodes Gill, 1862
Genus Hypoplectrus Gill, 1861
Genus Hyporthodus Gill, 1861
Genus Jeboehlkia Robins, 1967
Genus Lepidoperca Regan, 1914
Genus Liopropoma Gill, 1861
Genus Luzonichthys Herre, 1936
Genus Meganthias Randall & Heemstra, 2006
Genus Mycteroperca Gill, 1862
Genus Nemanthias Smith, 1954
Genus Niphon Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
Genus Odontanthias Bleeker, 1873
Genus Othos Castelnau, 1875
Genus Paralabrax Girard, 1856
Genus Paranthias Guichenot, 1868
Genus Parasphyraenops Bean, 1912
Genus Plectranthias Bleeker, 1873
Genus Plectropomus Oken, 1817
Genus Plesioserranus Casier, 1966 †
Genus Pogonoperca Günther, 1859
Genus Pronotogrammus Gill, 1863
Genus Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871
Genus Pseudogramma Bleeker, 1875
Genus Pyronotanthias Gill, 2022
Genus Rabaulichthys Allen, 1984
Genus Rainfordia McCulloch, 1923
Genus Rypticus Cuvier, 1829
Genus Sacura Jordan & Richardson, 1910
Genus Saloptia Smith, 1964
Genus Schultzea Woods, 1958
Genus Selenanthias Tanaka, 1918
Genus Serraniculus Ginsburg, 1952
Genus Serranocirrhitus Watanabe, 1949
Genus Serranopsis Casier, 1966 †
Genus Serranus Cuvier, 1816
Genus Suttonia Smith, 1953
Genus Tosana Smith & Pope, 1906
Genus Tosanoides Kamohara, 1953
Genus Trachypoma Günther, 1859
Genus Triso Randall, Johnson & Lowe, 1989
Genus Variola Swainson, 1839

Genus Odontolabrax Bleeker, 1873 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Genus Stigmatonotus Peters, 1877 (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Genus Diploprion Kuhl & Hasselt, 1828 accepted as Diploprion Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Hepatus Artedi in Röse, 1793 accepted as Serranus Cuvier, 1816 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Merou Bonaparte, 1831 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Taeniodon Döderlein in Steindachner & Döderlein, 1883 accepted as Liopropoma Gill, 1861 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, mentioned in synonymy)

Genus Aetheloperca accepted as Aethaloperca Fowler, 1904 (misspelling)
Genus Aetholoperca accepted as Aethaloperca Fowler, 1904 (misspelling)
Genus Altiserranus Whitley, 1947 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
Genus Anhyperodon Boulenger, 1895 accepted as Anyperodon Günther, 1859 (Unjustified emendation)
Genus Anthiasicus Ginsburg, 1952 accepted as Hemanthias Steindachner, 1875
Genus Archoperca Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Mycteroperca Gill, 1862
Genus Athaloperca accepted as Aethaloperca Fowler, 1904 (misspelling)
Genus Atractoperca Gill, 1861 accepted as Paralabrax Girard, 1856
Genus Aylopon Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Anthias Bloch, 1792 (Unnecessary replacement name)
Genus Bonaci accepted as Mycteroperca Gill, 1862
Genus Brachyrhinus Gill, 1862 accepted as Paranthias Guichenot, 1868 (Junior homonym)
Genus Callidulus Fowler, 1907 accepted as Dules Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829
Genus Caribrhegma Breder, 1927 accepted as Pseudogramma Bleeker, 1875
Genus Centristhmus Garman, 1899 accepted as Hemanthias Steindachner, 1875
Genus Cephalopolis accepted as Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (misspelling)
Genus Cepholopholis accepted as Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (misspelling)
Genus Cerna Bonaparte, 1833 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
Genus Cernua Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Cerna Bonaparte, 1833 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (Unjustified emendation, junior homonym)
Genus Cernua Costa, 1849 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (Junior homonym)
Genus Chenia Fowler, 1958 accepted as Othos Castelnau, 1875 (Junior homonym)
Genus Cherna accepted as Chenia Fowler, 1958 accepted as Othos Castelnau, 1875 (misspelling)
Genus Chorististium Gill, 1862 accepted as Liopropoma Gill, 1861
Genus Chorististum Gill, 1862 accepted as Chorististium Gill, 1862 accepted as Liopropoma Gill, 1861 (Incorrect original spelling)
Genus Chromidoleptes Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Chromileptes Swainson, 1839 (Unjustified emendation)
Genus Chrysomelanus Plumier in Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
Genus Colpognathus Klunzinger, 1879 accepted as Othos Castelnau, 1875 (Junior homonym)
Genus Corvina Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Sciaena Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Creolus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 accepted as Brachyrhinus Gill, 1862 accepted as Paranthias Guichenot, 1868
Genus Cromileptes Swainson, 1839 accepted as Chromileptes Swainson, 1839 (Incorrect original spelling)
Genus Cromileptis accepted as Cromileptes Swainson, 1839 accepted as Chromileptes Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
Genus Cugupuguacu Catesby, 1771 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
Genus Cynichthys Swainson, 1839 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
Genus Daba Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
Genus Diplectron Troschel, 1858 accepted as Diplectrum Holbrook, 1855
Genus Doules accepted as Dules Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
Genus Dulichethys Swainson, 1838 accepted as Dules Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
Genus Dulichthys Bonaparte, 1831 accepted as Dules Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829
Genus Eleutheractis Cope, 1871 accepted as Rypticus Cuvier, 1829
Genus Ellerkeldia Whitley, 1927 accepted as Hypoplectrodes Gill, 1862
Genus Emmelanthias Smith, 1955 accepted as Nemanthias Smith, 1954 (synonym)
Genus Enneacentrus Gill, 1865 accepted as Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Genus Enneistus Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
Genus Entoanthias accepted as Entonanthias Jordan & Tanaka, 1927 accepted as Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871 (Misspelling)
Genus Entonanthias Jordan & Tanaka, 1927 accepted as Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871
Genus Ephinephelus accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (misspelling)
Genus Epinelephus Cuvier, 1800 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
Genus Epinelhelus accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (misspelling)
Genus Epinephalus Jenkins, 1887 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (misspelling)
Genus Epinephelis accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (misspelling)
Genus Eudulus Fowler, 1907 accepted as Dules Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 (Unnecessary replacement name)
Genus Fares Guichenot, 1835 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (synonym)
Genus Flagelloserranus Kotthaus, 1970 accepted as Liopropoma Gill, 1861
Genus Franzia Jordan & Thompson, 1914 accepted as Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871
Genus Garrupa Jordan in Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
Genus Gerranus Bennett, 1830 accepted as Serranus Cuvier, 1816
Genus Gilbertella Waite, 1902 accepted as Epinephelides Ogilby, 1899
Genus Gilbertia Jordan in Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890 accepted as Hypoplectrodes Gill, 1862 (Junior homonym)
Genus Gnathypops Gill, 1862 accepted as Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816
Genus Gonioperca Gill, 1862 accepted as Paralabrax Girard, 1856
Genus Gracilia accepted as Gracila Randall, 1964 (misspelling)
Genus Gramistes Fleming, 1822 accepted as Grammistes Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Genus Grammiste accepted as Grammistes Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (misspelling)
Genus Haliperca Gill, 1862 accepted as Diplectrum Holbrook, 1855
Genus Hemianthias Steindachner in Jordan, 1896 accepted as Hemanthias Steindachner, 1875 (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
Genus Homalogrystes Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
Genus Hypoplectus accepted as Hypoplectrus Gill, 1861 (misspelling)
Genus Hyposerranus Klunzinger, 1884 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
Genus Isobuna Jordan in Jordan & Herre, 1907 accepted as Plectranthias Bleeker, 1873
Genus Itaiara Vaillant & Bocourt, 1878 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
Genus Labracopsis Steindachner & Döderlein, 1883 accepted as Liopropoma Gill, 1861
Genus Labroperca Gill, 1862 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
Genus Lacepedia Castelnau, 1873 accepted as Caesioperca Castelnau, 1872 (synonym)
Genus Leptanthias Tanaka, 1918 accepted as Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871
Genus Lioperca Gill, 1862 accepted as Dermatolepis Gill, 1861
Genus Liopoproma accepted as Liopropoma Gill, 1861 (misspelling)
Genus Louti Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Variola Swainson, 1839
Genus Menephorus Poey, 1871 accepted as Paranthias Guichenot, 1868
Genus Mentiperca Gill, 1862 accepted as Serranus Cuvier, 1816
Genus Merus Poey, 1871 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (Unnecessary replacement name and junior omonym)
Genus Mikrolabrichthys accepted as Mirolabrichthys Herre, 1927 accepted as Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871 (misspelling)
Genus Mirolabrichthys Herre, 1927 accepted as Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871 (synonym)
Genus Mirolabrichtys accepted as Mirolabrichthys Herre, 1927 accepted as Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871 (misspelling)
Genus Mustelichthys Tanaka, 1917 accepted as Tosana Smith & Pope, 1906
Genus Naurua Whitley & Colefax, 1938 accepted as Luzonichthys Herre, 1936 (synonym)
Genus Neanthias Norman, 1931 accepted as Serranus Cuvier, 1816
Genus Neanthias Steindachner, 1880 accepted as Neoanthias Castelnau, 1879 accepted as Caprodon Temminck & Schlegel in Siebold, 1843 (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
Genus Neoanthias Castelnau, 1879 accepted as Caprodon Temminck & Schlegel in Siebold, 1843
Genus Novanthias Whitley, 1937 accepted as Serranus Cuvier, 1816 (Unnecessary replacement name)
Genus Ocyanthias Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Holanthias Günther, 1868
Genus Oligorus Günther, 1859 accepted as Maccullochella Whitley, 1929
Genus Pacificogramma Kharin, 1983 accepted as Pronotogrammus Gill, 1863
Genus Paracanthistius Bleeker, 1874 accepted as Plectropomus Oken, 1817
Genus Paracentropristis Klunzinger, 1884 accepted as Serranus Cuvier, 1816
Genus Paracirrhites Steindachner in Steindachner & Döderlein, 1883 accepted as Plectranthias Bleeker, 1873 (Junior homonym)
Genus Parancanthistius Weber, 1913 accepted as Paracanthistius Bleeker, 1874 accepted as Plectropomus Oken, 1817 (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
Genus Paraserranus Bleeker, 1874 (unaccepted)
Genus Parepinephelus Bleeker, 1874 (unaccepted)
Genus Pelontrus Smith, 1961 (unaccepted, synonym)
Genus Petrometopon Gill, 1865 (unaccepted)
Genus Phaetonichthys Bleeker, 1875 (unaccepted)
Genus Phrynotitan Gill, 1885 (unaccepted)
Genus Pikea Steindachner, 1875 (unaccepted)
Genus Planctanthias Fowler, 1935 (unaccepted, synonym)
Genus Plectropoma Fleming, 1822 (unaccepted, misspelling)
Genus Plectropoma Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (unaccepted)
Genus Plectropomus Bosc, 1818 (unaccepted, Later usage)
Genus Pleuroperca Fowler & Bean, 1930 (unaccepted)
Genus Pogonaperca (unaccepted, misspelling)
Genus Priacanthichthys Day, 1868 (unaccepted)
Genus Prionodes Jenyns, 1840 (unaccepted)
Genus Promicrops Poey (ex Gill), 1868 (unaccepted, synonym)
Genus Promicropterus Gill, 1861 (unaccepted)
Genus Prospinus Poey, 1861 (unaccepted)
Genus Pseudogrammus (unaccepted, misspelling)
Genus Pseudorhegma Schultz, 1966 (unaccepted)
Genus Pseudoserranus Klunzinger, 1870 (unaccepted)
Genus Pteranthias Weber, 1913 (unaccepted, synonym)
Genus Ptertopomus Cuvier in Goldfuss, 1820 (unaccepted)
Genus Rhegma Gilbert in Jordan & Evermann, 1900 (unaccepted)
Genus Rhypticus Agassiz, 1846 (unaccepted, Unjustified emendation)
Genus Rosanthias Tanaka, 1917 (unaccepted)
Genus Sayonara Jordan & Seale, 1906 (unaccepted, synonym)
Genus Scalantarus Smith, 1965 (unaccepted)
Genus Schistorus Gill, 1862 (unaccepted)
Genus Schultzetta Whitley, 1965 (unaccepted, misspelling)
Genus Scopularia de Buen, 1959 (unaccepted)
Genus Serranellus Jordan in Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890 (unaccepted)
Genus Serranichthys Bleeker, 1855 (unaccepted, Objective synonym)
Genus Serranops Regan, 1914 (unaccepted)
Genus Serrihastaperca Fowler, 1944 (unaccepted)
Genus Smecticus Valenciennes, 1855 (unaccepted)
Genus Smerdis Agassiz, 1833 † (unaccepted)
Genus Stereolepoides Fowler, 1923 (unaccepted)
Genus Triloburus Gill, 1861 (unaccepted)
Genus Trisotropis Gill, 1865 (unaccepted)
Genus Tulelepis Smith, 1954 (unaccepted)
Genus Uriphaeton Swainson, 1839 (unaccepted)
Genus Vivero Jordan & Evermann, 1927 (unaccepted)
Genus Xenanthias Regan, 1908 (unaccepted, synonym)
Genus Xystroperca Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (unaccepted)
Genus Ypsigramma Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953 (unaccepted, synonym)
Genus Zacallanthias Katayama, 1964 (unaccepted)
Genus Zalanthias Jordan & Richardson, 1910 (unaccepted)

Genus Allomorone Frizzell & Dante, 1965 † (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Notognidion Rafinesque, 1810 (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Properca Sauvage, 1880 † (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Serranidarum † (uncertain, unassessed)

Genus Ancheas Gray, 1859 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Anthisa (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Centropristes Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Choristidium Parenti & Randall, 2020 (unaccepted > misspelling)
marine
recent + fossil
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Ma and Craig proposed a classification of Epinepheliene which is not followed by most subsequent authors  
Taxonomic remark Ma and Craig proposed a classification of Epinepheliene which is not followed by most subsequent authors [details]
IRMNG (2021). Serranidae Swainson, 1839. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=114265 on 2023-05-31
Date
action
by
2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2021-04-11 19:20:53Z
changed
Girard, Jean-Sébastien

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.  [details]   

additional source Ma, K. Y.; Craig, M. T. (2018). An Inconvenient Monophyly: An Update on the Taxonomy of the Groupers (Epinephelidae). <em>Copeia.</em> 106(3): 443-456., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327300220 [details]   

taxonomy source Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. (2020). An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Serranidae of the world with description of two new related families of fishes. <em>FishTaxa.</em> 15: 1-170., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339677020 [details]   

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.  [details]   

habitat flag source FishBase [details]   
From other sources
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Osteichthyes (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Serranidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mostly Marine. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Taxonomic remark Ma and Craig proposed a classification of Epinepheliene which is not followed by most subsequent authors [details]
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