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Alphestes
Sign in to saveAlphestes 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. Alphestes species are found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Species
Pacific Mutton Hamlet
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilySerranidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 29
- Family
- Serranidae
- Collections
- SIO, UF, LACM, ANSP, CAS, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Panama, Virgin Islands (Usa), Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina
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- Parent taxon
- Serranidae
- Image
- Alphestes afer - pone.0010676.g046.png
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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. Alphestes species are found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
== Species == There are three species in the genus: {| class="wikitable" |+ !Species !Common name !Image |- |Alphestes afer (Bloch, 1793) |Mutton hamlet |frameless |- |Alphestes immaculatus Breder, 1936 |Pacific mutton hamlet |frameless |- |Alphestes multiguttatus (Günther, 1867) |Rivulated mutton hamlet |frameless |}
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