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Epinephelus

Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Serranidae

Taxonomy
Epinephelus was named by Bloch (1793) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Epinephelidae by David (1943); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Epinephelinae by Aguilera and de Aguilera (2004); and to Serranidae by Arambourg (1927), Casier (1966), Nolf (1972), Purdy et al. (2001), Schwarzhans (2007).

Species
E. itajara, E. longispinis, E. ovalis, E. plicatus, E. progigas
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. casottii, E. costae
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1793Epinephelus Bloch
1927Epinephelus Arambourg p. 89
1943Epinephelus David p. 129
1966Epinephelus Casier p. 438
1972Epinephelus Nolf p. 144
2001Epinephelus Purdy et al. p. 169
2002Epinephelus Sepkoski
2004Epinephelus Aguilera and de Aguilera
2007Epinephelus Schwarzhans p. 346

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii()
—HalecostomiRegan 1903
RankNameAuthor
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
suborderSerranoidei
familySerranidaeSwainson 1839
genusEpinephelus

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.

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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:38:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:38:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9France E. sp. (220174)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) E. plicatus (41998)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Lower Saxony,) E. plicatus (188954)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Belgium E. sp. (277491)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Slovakia (Bratislava) E. sp. (58983)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) E. sp. (13300)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela E. itajara (92751)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela ( Falcón) E. itajara (136218)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy E. sp. (210248)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria E. casottii (186585) E. longispinis (186631)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) E. casottii, E. longispinis, E. progigas (59256)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) E. sp. (52582)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy (Sicily) E. sp. (175523)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Portugal (Faro) E. costae (276394)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands E. spp. (209855)