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Serranidae
Taxonomy
Serranidae was named by Swainson (1839). It is extant.
It was assigned to Kurtiformes by Jordan (1963); to Percoidae by Frizzell and Dante (1965); to Percoidea by Schaeffer (1947), Casier (1966); to Beryciformes by Nolf and Dockery (1993); to Teleostei by Aguilera and de Aguilera (2004); to Percoidei by Danil'chenko (1960), Patterson (1964), Fierstine et al. (2012); to Serranoidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Perciformes by Danil'chenko (1980), Khajuria and Prasad (1998), Weems (1999), Purdy et al. (2001), Nelson et al. (2016), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
It was assigned to Kurtiformes by Jordan (1963); to Percoidae by Frizzell and Dante (1965); to Percoidea by Schaeffer (1947), Casier (1966); to Beryciformes by Nolf and Dockery (1993); to Teleostei by Aguilera and de Aguilera (2004); to Percoidei by Danil'chenko (1960), Patterson (1964), Fierstine et al. (2012); to Serranoidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Perciformes by Danil'chenko (1980), Khajuria and Prasad (1998), Weems (1999), Purdy et al. (2001), Nelson et al. (2016), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
Subtaxa
Centropristis, Cephalopholis, Diplectrum, Epinephelinae, Epinephelus, Mycteroperca, Neanthias, Palaeopercichthys, Paleoserranus, Paralabrax, Percostoma, Plesioserranus, Prolates (syn. Pseudolates), Properca, Proserranus, Protanthias, Pseudanthias, Seriphus, Serraninus, Serranopsis, Serranus, Tavania
Entered
by E. Leckey (authorized by J. Alroy) on 2003-07-03; modified by A. Hendy on 2014-08-03
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Serranidae Swainson |
| 1947 | Serranidae Schaeffer p. 28 |
| 1960 | Serranidae Danil'chenko p. 106 |
| 1963 | Serranidae Jordan p. 693 |
| 1964 | Serranidae Patterson p. 419 |
| 1965 | Serranidae Frizzell and Dante p. 702 |
| 1966 | Serranidae Casier p. 186 |
| 1980 | Serranidae Danil'chenko p. 115 |
| 1993 | Serranidae Nolf and Dockery p. 32 |
| 1998 | Serranidae Khajuria and Prasad |
| 1999 | Serranidae Weems p. 61 |
| 2001 | Serranidae Purdy et al. p. 169 |
| 2004 | Serranidae Aguilera and de Aguilera |
| 2012 | Serranidae Fierstine et al. p. 113 |
| 2013 | Serranidae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Serranidae Nelson et al. p. 446 |
| 2018 | Serranidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 175 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Serranidae Swainson 1839
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G. Centropristis Cuvier 1829
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†Centropristes exsculptus Stinton and Nolf 1970
†Centropristis elongatus Sulc 1932
G. Diplectrum Holbrook 1855 [sand perch]
G. Epinephelus Bloch 1793
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†Epinephelus itajara Lichtenstein 1822
†Epinephelus longispinis Arambourg 1927
†Epinephelus ovalis Stinton 1957
†Epinephelus plicatus Stinton 1978
†Epinephelus progigas Arambourg 1927
G. Mycteroperca Gill 1862
G. Neanthias Steindachner 1880
G. †Plesioserranus Casier 1966
G. †Prolates Priem 1899
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†Prolates dormaalensis Casier 1967
†Prolates heberti Gervais 1852
Invalid names: Pseudolates Priem 1898 [replaced]
G. Seriphus Ayres 1860
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†Seriphus lavenbergi Huddleston and Takeuchi 2006
Seriphus politus Ayres 1860 [queenfish]
G. Serranus Cuvier 1817
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Subg. Serranus (Serranellus) Jordan 1890
†Serranus aquitaniensis Steurbaut 1984
Serranus cabrilla Linnaeus 1758
†Serranus celebratus Danil'chenko 1968
†Serranus comparabilis Danil'chenko 1960
†Serranus cretaceus Bayer 1902
†Serranus elongatus Pauca 1929
†Serranus itajara Lichtenstein 1822
†Serranus occipitalis Agassiz 1835
Serranus scriba Linnaeus 1758
†Serranus simionescui Pauca 1929
†Serranus ventralis Agassiz 1835
Serranus wemmeliensis Storms 1898
G. †Tavania Landini and Menesini 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available