Alphestes
Genus of fishes
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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.[2] Alphestes species are found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.[3]
| Alphestes | |
|---|---|
| |
| Alphestes afer | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Percoidei |
| Family: | Epinephelidae |
| Genus: | Alphestes Bloch & Schneider, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Epinephelus afer Bloch, 1793[1] | |
Species
There are three species in the genus:[4]
| Species | Common name | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Alphestes afer
(Bloch, 1793) |
Mutton hamlet | _'Cherna';_Guaseta.jpeg) |
| Alphestes immaculatus
Breder, 1936 |
Pacific mutton hamlet | .jpg) |
| Alphestes multiguttatus
(Günther, 1867) |
Rivulated mutton hamlet | .jpg) |
