Alphestes

Classification

Genus: Alphestes
Family: Epinephelidae - Groupers
Order: Perciformes - Perches
Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Description

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.

There are three species in the genus:

Alphestes afer Mutton hamlet (Bloch, 1793)
Alphestes immaculatus Pacific mutton hamlet Breder, 1936
Alphestes multiguttatus Rivulated mutton hamlet (Günther, 1867)

Species

Atlantic mutton hamlet
(Alphestes afer)

Pacific mutton hamlet
(Alphestes immaculatus)

Rivulated mutton hamlet
(Alphestes multiguttatus)

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