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The genus Paranthias was created in 1863 by the American ichthyologist Theodore Nicholas Gill (1837–1914) as a monotypic genus containing only the type species Serranus furcifer [1] and for a long period the Pacific creole-fish was considered conspecific with the creole-fish.
Pacific creole-fish (Paranthias colonus) Creole-fish (Paranthias furcifer) Bar-cheeked trout (Plectropomus maculatus) Oval grouper (Triso dermopterus) White-edged lyre tail (Variola albimarginata) Yellow-edged lyretail (Variola louti)
Common name Scientific name Image Native Non-native Fresh water Salt water Notes African jewelfish: Hemichromis bimaculatus: African pompano: Alectis ciliaris
C: diverse reef community with schools of Paranthias furcifer and bottom dominated by live crustose coralline algae and black corals at 130 m (430 ft) depth D: deepest portion (220 m or 720 ft) with nearly 100% of live benthic coverage (mostly sponges, octocorals and black corals) E: a cleaning station of Lysmata grabhami at 110 m (360 ft) depth
However, some of the hamlets (genus Alphestes), the hinds (genus Cephalopholis), the lyretails (genus Variola), and some other small genera (Gonioplectrus, Niphon, Paranthias) are also in this subfamily, and occasional species in other serranid genera have common names involving the word "grouper". Nonetheless, the word "grouper" on its own is ...
Xanthic phase, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Cephalopholis fulva, the coney or the butterfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is in the family Serranidae which also includes the anthias and sea basses.
The Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus) also known as blackspot rockcod, estuary rockcod, giant rock cod, greasy grouper, Malabar rockcod, Morgan's cod or speckled grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses.
The yellowmouth grouper (Mycteroperca interstitialis), also known as the crossband rockfish, grey mannock, hamlet, harlequin rockfish, princess rockfish, rockfish, salmon grouper, salmon rock fish or scamp, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses.