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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hyporthodus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae, part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses.[3] It contains the following species, most of which were previously placed in Epinephelus:[4][5]
| Hyporthodus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Hyporthodus nigritus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Subfamily: | Epinephelinae |
| Tribe: | Epinephelini |
| Genus: | Hyporthodus Gill, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Hyporthodus flavicauda | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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A molecular analysis has shown that most species of Hyporthodus can be identified on the basis of COI barcoding sequences.[6]
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