FAMILY Swainson, 1835 – , basses SUBFAMILY Swainson 1839 - sea basses, perchlets, sand perches etc. Bullisichthys Rivas, 1971 - groupers, sea basses Bullisichthys carribbaeus Rivas, 1971 - pugnose bass GENUS Cuvier, 1829 - sea basses [=Triloburus] Species Centropristis fuscula Poey, 1861 - twospot sea bass Species Centropristis ocyurus (Jordan & Evermann, 1887) - bank sea bass Species Centropristis philadelphica (Linnaeus, 1758) - rock sea bass [=tridens, trifurca] Species Centropristis rufus Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 - red sea bass Species Centropristis striata (Linnaeus, 1758) - [=atraria, atrarius, furva, melanus, nigrescens, varia] GENUS Boulenger, 1895 - perchlets, sea basses Species Chelidoperca hirundinaceus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831) – hirundinacea perchlet Species Chelidoperca investigatoris (Alcock, 1890) - Investigator perchlet Species Chelidoperca lecromi Fourmanoir, 1982 - Lecrom's perchlet Species Chelidoperca maculicauda Bineesh & Akhilesh, in Bineesh et al., 2013 - Indian perchlet Species Chelidoperca margaritifera Weber, 1913 - pearly perchlet Species Chelidoperca occipitalis Kotthaus, 1973 - Arabian perchlet Species Chelidoperca pleurospilus Gunther, 1880 - pleurospilus perchlet Species Chelidoperca santosi Williams & Carpenter, 2015 - Pogi perchlet Species Chelidoperca stella Matsunuma & Motomura, 2016 - stella perchlet Species Chelidoperca tosaensis Matsunuma et al., 2017 - Tosa perchlet GENUS Cratinus Steindachner, 1878 - sea basses Species Cratinus agassizii Steindachner, 1878 - Gray threadfin seabass GENUS Holbrook, 1855 - sand perches, sea basses [=Hailperca, Paraserranus] Species Diplectrum bivittatum (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - dwarf sand perch [=arcuarium] Species Diplectrum conceptionis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - sand-perch Species Diplectrum eumelum Rosenblatt & Johnson, 1974 - eumelum sand perch Species Diplectrum euryplectrum Jordan & Bollman, 1890 - euryplectrum sand perch Species Diplectrum formosum (Linnaeus, 1766) - sand perch [=fascicularis, irradians, radians] Species Diplectrum labarum Rosenblatt & Johnson, 1974 - labarum sand perch Species Diplectrum macropoma (Gunther, 1864) - macropoma sand perch [=mexicanum] Species Diplectrum maximum Hildebrand, 1946 - topedo sand perch Species Diplectrum pacificum Meek & Hildebrand, 1925 - Pacific sand perch Species Diplectrum radiale (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) - pond perch [=ayresi] Species Diplectrum rostrum Bortone, 1974 - rostrate sand perch Species Diplectrum sciurus Gilbert, 1892 - sciurus sand perch GENUS Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 - perches [=Callidulus, Dulichthys, Eudulus] Species Dules auriga Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 - golden perch GENUS Gill, 1861 - hamlets Species Hypoplectrus aberrans Poey, 1868 - yellowbelly hamlet Species Hypoplectrus atlahua Tavera & Acero P., 2013 - Jarocho hamlet Species Hypoplectrus castroaguirrei Del Moral-Flores et al., 2012 - castroaguirrei hamlet Species Hypoplectrus chlorurus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - yellowtail hamlet [=affine] Species Hypoplectrus ecosur Victor, 2012 - ecosur hamlet Species Hypoplectrus floridae Victor, 2012 - Florida hamlet Species Goode & Bean, 1882 - blue hamlet Species (Poey, 1851) - golden hamlet [=crocota] Species (Poey, 1852) - shy hamlet [=accensum, pinnivaria] Species (Poey, 1851) - indigo hamlet [=bovinum] Species Hypoplectrus maculiferus Poey, 1871 - maculiferus hamlet Species Hypoplectrus maya Lobel, 2011 - Maya hamlet Species (Poey, 1852) - black hamlet Species Hypoplectrus providencianus Acero P. & Garzon-Ferreira, 1994 - Species (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - barred hamlet [=vitulinum] Species Hypoplectrus randallorum Lobel, 2011 - tan hamlet Species (Walbaum, 1792) - butter hamlet [=annularis, ephippium, unicolor] GENUS Girard, 1856 - rock basses [=Atractoperca, Gonioperca] Species Paralabrax albomaculatus (Jenyns, 1840) - comotillo Species Paralabrax aurogutatus Walford, 1936 - goldspotted sand bass Species Paralabrax callaensis Starks, 1906 - Southern rock bass Species (Girard, 1854) - kelp bass Species (Metzelaar, 1919) - vieja Species Paralabrax humeralis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - Peruvian rock seabass Species Paralabrax loro Walford, 1936 - parrot sand bass Species Paralabrax maculatofasciatus (Steindachner, 1868) - [=acanthophorus] Species Paralabrax nebulifer (Girard, 1854) - GENUS Parasphyraenops Bean, 1912 - basses Species Parasphyraenops atrimanus Bean, 1912 - bank bass Species Parasphyraenops incisus (Colin, 1978) - Colin's bass GENUS Schultzea Woods, 1958 - basses [=Schultzetta] Species Schultzea beta (Hildebrand, in Longley & Hildebrand, 1940) - [=campechanus] GENUS Serraniculus Ginsburg, 1952 - sea basses Species Serraniculus pumilio Ginsburg, 1952 - GENUS Cuvier, 1816 - basses [=Hepatus, Mentiperca, Neanthias, Novanthias, Paracentropristis, Prionodes, Serranellus] Species Serranus accraensis (Norman, 1931) - Ghanean Species Serranus aequidens Gilbert, 1890 - deepwater bass Species Serranus africanus (Cadenat, 1960) - African bass Species Serranus aliceae Carvalho Filho & Ferreira, 2013 - aliceae bass Species Serranus annularis (Gunther, 1880) - orangeback bass Species Serranus atricauda Gunther, 1874 - blacktail comber Species Serranus atrobranchus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - blackear bass [=pomospilus] Species (Evermann & Marsh, 1899) - lantern bass [=maculata] Species Serranus cabrilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - comber [=argentinus, bicolor, caprulensis, chanus, flavus, hians, hiatula, oxyrhynchus, salviani, virescens] Species Serranus chionaraia Robins & Starck, 1961 - snow bass Species Serranus flaviventris (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - twinspot bass [=dispilurus] Species Serranus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - brown comber [=adriaticus N, adriaticus G, fasciatus, fuscovittatus, siagonotus, spalatensis, striatus, triacanthus] Species Serranus heterurus (Cadenat, 1937) - heterurus bass Species Serranus huascarii Steindachner, 1900 - flag bass Species Serranus knysnaensis Gilchrist, 1904 - Knysna bass Species Serranus luciopercanus Poey, 1852 - cross-hatch bass Species Serranus maytagi Robins & Starck, 1961 - Maytag's bass Species Serranus notospilus Longley, 1935 - saddle bass Species Serranus novemcinctus Kner, 1864 - barred bass Species Serranus phoebe Poey, 1851 - phoebe bass Species Serranus psittacinus Valenciennes, 1846 - barred comber [=calopteryx, fasciatus] Species Serranus pulcher Wirtz & Iwamoto, 2016 - Sao Tome comber Species Serranus sanctaehelenae Boulenger, 1895 - St. Helena comber Species Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) - [=argus, crapa, fasciatus, marina S, marina L, macroccanus, papilionaceus, variegatus] Species Serranus socorroensis Allen & Robertson, 1992 - Socorro bass Species Serranus stilbostigma (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) - stilbostigma bass Species Serranus subligarius (Cope, 1870) - subligarius bass Species Serranus tabacarius (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - tabacarius bass [=jacome] Species Serranus tico Allen & Robertson, 1998 - tico bass Species (Bloch, 1790) - harlequin bass [=capurri, praestigiator, tigrina] Species Longley, 1935 - chalk bass SUBFAMILY Anthiadinae Poey 1861 - sea basses etc. GENUS Acanthistius Gill, 1862 - sea basses Species Acanthistius brasilianus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - Argentine sea bass [=aculeatum] Species Acanthistius cinctus (Gunther, 1859) - yellowbanded perch Species Acanthistius fuscus Regan, 1913 - Rapanui seabass Species Acanthistius joanae Heemstra, 2010 - scalyjaw koester Species Acanthistius ocellatus (Gunther, 1859) - Eastern wirrah [=cyanostigma, myriaster] Species Acanthistius pardalotus Hutchins, 1981 - leopard wirrah Species Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840) - patachronicus sea bass Species Acanthistius paxtoni Hutchins & Kuiter, 1982 - orangelined wirra Species Acanthistius pictus (Tschudi, 1846) - brick seabass Species Acanthistius sebastoides Castelnau, 1861 - koester Species Acanthistius serratus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - Western wirrah GENUS Anatolanthias Anderson et al., 1990 - sea basses Species Anatolanthias apiomycter Anderson et al., 1990 - Nazca sea bass GENUS Bloch, 1792 - basses [=Aylopon, Pseudalphestes] Species Anthias anthias (Linnaeus, 1758) - anthias [=algeriensis, anthiam, canariensis, hispanus, ivicae, mundulus, nicaeensis, pennanti, rissoi, sacer] Species Anthias asperilinguis Gunther, 1859 - Gunther's anthias Species Anthias cyprinoides (Katayama & Amaoka, 1986) - Katayama's anthias Species Anthias helenensis Katayama & Amaoka, 1986 - Helenic anthias Species Anthias hensleyi (Anderson & Garcia-Moliner, 2012) - Hensley's anthias Species Anthias menezesi Anderson & Heemstra, 1980 - Menezes' anthias Species Anthias nicholsi Firth, 1933 - Nichols' anthias Species Anthias noeli Anderson & Baldwin, 2000 - Noel's anthias Species Anthias woodsi Anderson & Heemstra, 1980 - Woods' anthias GENUS Baldwinella Anderson & Heemstra, 2012 - basses Species Baldwinella aureorubens (Longley, 1935) - Longley's barbier Species Baldwinella eos (Gilbert, 1890) - Gilbert's barbier Species Baldwinella vivanus Jordan & Swain, 1885 - red barbier GENUS Castelnau, 1872 - sea basses [=Lacepedia] Species Caesioperca lepidoptera (Forster, 1801) - [=hectori, richardsonii] Species Caesioperca rasor (Richardson, 1839) - [=cataphracta, extensa] GENUS Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 - perches [=Neoanthias] Species Caprodon krasyukovae Kharin, 1983 - Krasyukova's perch Species Caprodon longimanus (Gunther, 1859) - [=fairchildi, guntheri] Species Caprodon schlegelii (Gunther, 1859) - sunrise perch Species Caprodon unicolor Katayama, 1975 - elegant anthias GENUS Choranthias Anderson & Heemstra, 2012 - sea basses Species Choranthias salmopunctatus (Lubbock & Edwards, 1981) - salmonspotted jewelfish Species Choranthias tenuis (Nichols, 1920) - threadnose bass GENUS Dactylanthias Bleeker, 1871 - sea basses Species Dactylanthias aplodactylus (Bleeker, 1858) - Bleeker's Ambon sea bass [=haplodactylus] Species Dactylanthias baccheti Randall, 2007 - Randall's Ambon sea bass GENUS Hemanthias Steindachner, 1875 - basses [=Anthiasicus, Centristhmus] Species Hemanthias leptus (Ginsburg, 1952) - longtail bass Species Hemanthias peruanus (Steindachner, 1875) - splittail bass Species Hemanthias signifer (Garman, 1899) - damsel bass [=delsolari] GENUS Gunther, 1868 - basses Species Holanthias caudalis Trunov, 1976 - Trunov's bass Species Holanthias fronticinctus (Gunther, 1868) - St. Helena seaperch GENUS Gill, 1862 - seaperches [=Ellerkeldia, Gilbertia, Scopularia] Species Hypoplectrodes annulatus (Gunther, 1859) - blackbanded seaperch Species Hypoplectrodes cardinalis Allen & Randall, 1990 - red seaperch [=rubra] Species Hypoplectrodes huntii (Hector, 1875) - redbanded seaperch Species Hypoplectrodes jamesoni Ogilby, 1908 - Jameson's seaperch Species Hypoplectrodes maccullochi (Whitley, 1929) - halfbanded seaperch Species Hypoplectrodes nigroruber (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - banded seaperch Species Hypoplectrodes semicinctum (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833) – semicinctum seaperch [=rubra] Species Hypoplectrodes wilsoni (Allen & Moyer, 1980) - spotty seaperch GENUS Epinephelides Ogilby, 1899 - basses [=Gilbertella] Species Epinephelides armatus (Castelnau, 1875) - breaksea cod [=leai] GENUS Giganthias Katayama, 1954 - perches Species Giganthias immaculatus Katayama, 1954 - immaculate perch Species Giganthias serratospinosus White & Dharmadi, 2012 - spinyfin perch GENUS Regan, 1914 - perches Species Lepidoperca aurantia Roberts, 1989 - orange perch Species Lepidoperca brochata Katayama & Fujii, 1982 - fangtooth perch Species Lepidoperca caesiopercula (Whitley, 1951) - graycheek basslet Species Lepidoperca coatsii (Regan, 1913) - Coates' perch Species Lepidoperca filamenta Roberts, 1987 - Western orange perch Species Lepidoperca inornata Regan, 1914 - inornata perch Species Lepidoperca magna Katayama & Fujii, 1982 - sharphead perch Species Lepidoperca occidentalis Whitley, 1951 - slender orange perch Species Lepidoperca pulchella (Waite, 1899) - Eastern orange perch Species Lepidoperca tasmanica Norman, 1937 - Tasmanian perch GENUS Luzonichthys Herre, 1936 - splitfins [=Naurua] Species Luzonichthys earlei Randall, 1981 - Earle's splitfin Species Luzonichthys microlepis (Smith, 1955) - slender splitfin Species Luzonichthys seaver Copus et al., 2015 - Seaver splitfin Species Luzonichthys taeniatus Randall & McCosker, 1992 - striped splitfin Species Luzonichthys waitei (Fowler, 1931) - Waite's splitfin [=addisi, robustus] Species Luzonichthys whitleyi (Smith, 1955) - Whitley's splitfin [=waitei] Species Luzonichthys williamsi Randall & McCosker, 1992 - Williams' splitfin GENUS Meganthias Randall & Heemstra, 2006 - basses Species Meganthias carpenteri Anderson, 2006 - Carpenter's yellowtop jewelfish Species Meganthias filiferus Randall & Heemstra, 2008 - fileferus bass Species Meganthias kingyo (Kon et al., 2000) - kingyo bass Species Meganthias natalensis (Fowler, 1925) - gorgeous swallowtail [=furcatus, peaolopesi] GENUS Nemanthias Smith, 1954 - basses [=Emmelanthias] Species Nemanthias carberryi Smith, 1954 - threadfin anthias [=stigmapteron] GENUS Bleeker, 1873 - swallowtails [=Scalantarus] Species Odontanthias borbonius (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) – checkered swallowtail [=delissii, mauritianus, ornatus] Species Odontanthias caudicinctus (Heemstra & Randall, 1986) - black-blotch swallowtail Species Odontanthias cauoh Carvalho-Filho et al., 2016 - red jewelfish Species Odontanthias chrysostictus (Gunther, 1872) - chrysostictus swallowtail Species Odontanthias dorsomaculatus Katayama & Yamamoto, 1986 - dorsomaculatus swallowtail Species Odontanthias elizabethae Fowler, 1923 - Elizabeth's swallowtail Species Odontanthias flagris Yoshino & Araga, in Masuda et al., 1975 - flagris swallowtail Species Odontanthias fuscipinnis (Jenkins, 1901) - Hawaiian jewelfish Species Odontanthias grahami Randall & Heemstra, 2006 - Graham's swallowtail Species Odontanthias katayamai (Randall et al., 1979) - Katayama's swallowtail Species Odontanthias randalli White, 2011 - Lombok swallowtail Species Odontanthias rhodopeplus (Gunther, 1872) - rhodopeplus swallowtail [=pannuceus, perumali] Species Odontanthias tapui (Randall et al., 1979) - Tapu's swallowtail Species Odontanthias unimaculatus (Tanaka, 1917) - Tanaka's swallowtail Species Odontanthias wassi Randall & Heemstra, 2006 - Wass' swallowtail GENUS Othos Castelnau, 1875 - basses [=Chenia, Colpognathus] Species Othos dentex (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - harlequin [=cephalotes, richardsonii] GENUS Bleeker, 1873 - perchlets [=Isobuna, Paracirrhites, Pelontrus, Pteranthias, Sayonara, Serranops, Xenanthias, Zacallanthias, Zalanthias] Species Plectranthias ahiahiata Shepherd et al., 2018 - Shepherd's perchlet Species Plectranthias alcocki Bineesh et al, in Bineesh et al., 2014 - Alcock's perchlet Species Plectranthias alleni Randall, 1980 - Allen's perchlet Species Plectranthias altipinnatus Katayama & Masuda, 1980 - altipinnatus perchlet Species Plectranthias anthioides (Gunther, 1872) - anthroides perchlet Species Plectranthias bauchotae Randall, 1980 - bauchotae perchlet Species Plectranthias bennetti Allen & Walsh, 2015 - Bennett's perchlet Species Plectranthias bilaticlavia Paulin & Roberts, 1987 - bilaticlavia perchlet Species Plectranthias cirrhitoides Randall, 1980 - cirrhitoides perchlet Species Plectranthias elaine Heemstra & Randall, 2009 - elaine perchlet Species Plectranthias elongatus Wu et al., 2011 - elongate perchlet Species Plectranthias exsul Heemstra & Anderson, 1983 - exsul perchlet [=lamillai] Species Plectanthias fijiensis Raj & Seeto, 1983 - Fiji perchlet Species Plectranthias flammeus Williams et al., 2013 - flame perchlet Species Plectranthias foresti Fourmanoir, 1977 - Forest's perchlet Species Plectanthias fourmanoiri Randall, 1980 - doublespot perchlet Species Plectranthias gardineri (Regan, 1908) - Gardiner's perchlet Species Plectranthias garrupellus Robins & Starck, 1961 - apricot perchlet Species Plectranthias helenae Randall, 1980 - helenae perchlet Species Plectranthias inermis Randall, 1980 - checkered perchlet Species Plectranthias intermedius (Kotthaus, 1973) - intermediate perchlet Species Plectranthias japonicus (Steindachner, in Steindachner & Doderlein, 1883) - Japanese perchlet [=mitsukurii, satsumae] Species Plectranthias jothyi Randall, 1996 - Jothy's perchlet Species Plectranthias kamii Randall, 1980 - Kami's perchlet Species Plectranthias kelloggi (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) - Kellogg's perchlet [=azumanus, japonicus, melanesius, rubromaculatus] Species Plectranthias klausewitzi Zajonz, 2006 - Klausewitz's perchlet Species Plectranthias knappi Randall, 1996 - Knapp's perchlet Species Plectanthias lasti Randall & Hoese, 1995 - trawl perchlet Species Plectranthias longimanus (Weber, 1913) - longfin perchlet Species Plectranthias maculicauda (Regan, 1914) - spottail perchlet Species Plectranthias maugei Randall, 1980 - Mauge's perchlet Species Plectranthias megalepis (Gunther, 1880) - bigscale perchlet Species Plectranthias megalophthalmus Fourmanoir & Randall, 1979 - citron perchlet Species Plectranthias morgansi (Smith, 1961) - flagfin perchlet Species Plectranthias nanus Randall, 1980 - brownband perchlet Species Plectranthias nazcae Anderson, 2008 - red perchlet Species Plectranthias pallidus Randall & Hoese, 1995 - pale perchlet Species Plectranthias parini Anderson & Randall, 1991 - Parin's perchlet Species Plectranthias pelicieri Randall & Shimizu, 1994 - Pelicier's perchlet Species Plectranthias randalli Fourmanoir & Rivertaon, 1980 - Randall's perchlet Species Plectranthias retrofasciatus Fourmanoir & Randall, 1979 - retrofasciatus perchlet Species Plectranthias robertsi Randall & Hoese, 1995 - filamentous perchlet Species Plectrantias rubrifasciatus Fourmanoir & Randall, 1979 - rubrifasciatus perchlet Species Plectrantias sagamiensis (Katayama, 1964) - Sagami perchlet Species Plectranthias sheni Chen & Shao, 2002 - Shen's perchlet Species Plectranthias takasei Gill et al., 2016 - Hinomaru perchlet Species Plectranthias taylori Randall, 1980 - Taylor's perchlet Species Plectranthias vexillarius Randall, 1980 - vexillarius perchlet Species Plectranthias wheeleri Randall, 1980 - spotted perchlet Species Plectranthias whiteheadi Randall, 1980 - Whitehead's perchlet [=chungchowensis] Species Plectranthias winniensis (Tyler, 1966) - redblotch perchlet Species Plectranthias xanthomaculatus Wu et al., 2011 - Wu's perchlet Species Plectranthias yamakawai Yoshino, 1972 - Yamakawa's perchlet GENUS Pronotogrammus Gill, 1863 - basses [=Ocyanthias, Pacificogramma] Species Pronotogrammus martinicensis (Guichenot, 1868) - roughtongue bass [=duplicidentatus, louisi] Species Pronotogrammus multifasciatus Gill, 1863 - threadfin bass [=gordensis, sechurae, stepanenkoi] GENUS Bleeker, 1871 - basses, anthias [=Entonanthias, Franzia, Leptanthias, Mirolabrichthys, Planctanthias, Rosanthias] Species Pseudanthias albofasciatus (Fowler & Bean, 1930) - albofasciatus anthias Species Pseudanthias aurulentus (Randall & McCosker, 1982) - aurulentus anthias Species Pseudanthias bartlettorum (Randall & Lubbock, 1981) - Bartletts' anthias Species (Randall, 1979) - bicolor anthias Species Pseudanthias bimaculatus (Smith, 1955) - twospot basslet Species Pseudanthias bimarginatus Randall, 2011 - margined anthias Species Pseudanthias calloura Ida & Sakaue, 2001 - Aurora anthias Species Pseudanthias caudalis Kamohara & Katayama, 1959 - caudalis anthias Species Pseudanthias charleneae Allen & Erdmann, 2008 - Charlene's anthias Species Pseudanthias cichlops (Bleeker, 1853) - cichlops anthias Species Pseudanthias connelli (Heemstra & Randall, 1986) - harlequin goldie Species Pseudanthias conspicuus (Heemstra, 1973) - conspicuus anthias [=bitaeniatus] Species (Regan, 1902) - redbar anthias [=altus, kashiwae, preopercularis] Species Pseudanthias dispar (Herre, 1955) - peach fairy basselt Species Pseudanthias elongatus (Franz, 1910) - elongate anthias [=amoenus] Species Pseudanthias engelhardi (Allen & Starck, 1982) - orangebar anthias [=carlsoni] Species (Smith, 1954) - yellowback anthias Species Pseudanthias fasciatus (Kamohara, 1955) - onestripe anthias Species Pseudanthias flavicauda Randall & Pyle, 2001 - flavicauda anthias Species Pseudanthias flavoguttatus (Katayama & Masuda, 1980) - yellowspotted anthias Species Pseudanthias fucinus (Randall & Ralston, 1985) - fucinus anthias Species Pseudanthias georgei (Allen, 1976) - George's basslet Species Pseudanthias gibbosus (Klunzinger, 1884) - gibbosus anthias Species (Randall, 1979) - Hawaiian longfin anthias Species Pseudanthias heemstrai Schuhmacher et al., 1989 - orangehead anthias Species Pseudanthias hiva Randall & Pyle, 2001 - hiva anthias Species (Bleeker, 1857) - redcheeked fairy basslet [=mortoni] Species Pseudanthias hutomoi (Allen & Burhanuddin, 1976) - Hutomo's anthias Species Bleeker, 1877 - stocky anthias [=truncatus] Species Pseudanthias ignitus (Randall & Lubbock, 1981) - flame anthias Species Pseudanthias leucozonus (Katayama & Masuda, 1982) - leucozonus anthias Species Pseudanthias lori (Lubbock & Randall, 1976) - Lori's anthias [=imeldae] Species Pseudanthias lunulatus (Kotthaus, 1973) - lunate goldie Species Pseudanthias luzonensis (Katayama & Masuda, 1983) - yellowlined anthias Species Pseudanthias manadensis (Bleeker, 1856) - Manada anthias Species Pseudanthias marcia Randall & Hoover, 1993 - Marcia's anthias Species Pseudanthias mica Allen & Erdmann, 2012 - Mica's anthias Species Pseudanthias mooreanus (Herre, 1935) - mooreanus anthias Species Pseudanthias nobilis (Franz, 1910) - nobilis anthias Species Pseudanthias olivaceus (Randall & McCosker, 1982) - olive anthias Species Pseudanthias oumati Williams et al., 2013 - saffron anthias Species Pseudanthias parvirostris (Randall & Lubbock, 1981) - sunset anthias Species Pseudanthias pascalus (Jordan & Tanaka, 1927) - amethyst anthias Species Pseudanthias pictilis (Randall & Allen, 1978) - painted anthias Species Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh, 2012 - pillai anthias Species Pseudanthias pleurotaenia (Bleeker, 1857) - squarespot fairy basslet Species Pseudanthias privitera Randall & Pyle, 2001 - privitera anthias Species Pseudanthias pulcherrimus (Heemstra & Randall, 1986) - resplendent goldie Species Pseudanthias randalli (Lubbock & Allen, 1978) - Randall's fairy basslet Species Pseudanthias regalis (Randall & Lubbock, 1981) - regalis anthias Species Pseudanthias rubrizonatus (Randall, 1983) - redbelted anthias Species Pseudanthias rubrolineatus (Fourmanoir & Riverton, 1979) - rubrolineatus anthias Species Pseudanthias sheni Randall & Allen, 1989 - Shen's basslet Species Pseudanthias smithvanizi (Randall & Lubbock, 1981) - princess anthias Species Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855) - [=affinis, ardens, cheirospilos, lepidolepis, pectoralis, ruber] Species Pseudanthias taeniatus (Klunzinger, 1884) - taeniatus anthias Species Pseudanthias taira Schmidt, 1931 - taira anthias Species Pseudanthias tequila Gill et al., 2017 - tequila anthias Species Pseudanthias thompsoni (Fowler, 1923) - Hawaiian anthias Species Pseudanthias townsendi (Boulenger, 1897) - Townsend's anthias Species Pseudanthias tuka (Herre & Montalban, in Herre, 1927) - yellowstriped fairy basslet Species Pseudanthias unimarginatus Randall, 2011 - unimarginatus anthias Species Pseudanthias venator Snyder, 1911 - venator anthias Species (Randall, 1979) - longfin anthias Species Pseudanthias vizagensis Krishna et al., 2017 - vizagensis anthias Species Pseudanthias xanthomaculatus (Fourmanoir & Riverton, 1979) - xanthomaculatus anthias GENUS Rabaulichthys Allen, 1984 - anthias Species Rabaulichthys altipinnis Allen, 1984 - highfin anthias Species Rabaulichthys squirei Randall & Walsh, 2010 - Squire sailfin anthias Species Rabaulichthys stigmaticus Randall & Pyle, 1989 - spotfin anthias Species Rabaulichthys suzukii Masuda & Randall, 2001 - majestic sailfin anthias GENUS Sacura Jordan & Richardson, 1910 - sacuras, basslets Species Sacura boulengeri (Heemstra, 1973) - Boulenger's sacura [=formosus] Species Sacura margaritaceus (Hilgendorf, 1879) - Hilgendorf's sacura [=pulcher] Species Sacura parva Heemstra & Randall, 1979 - little fairy basslet Species Sacura sanguinea Motomura et al., 2017 - sanguinea sacura Species Sacura speciosa Heemstra & Randall, 1979 - speciosa sacura GENUS Selenanthias Tanaka, 1918 - anthias Species Selenanthias analis Tanaka, 1918 - analis anthias [=maculatus] Species Selenanthias barroi (Fourmanoir, 1982) - Barro's anthias Species Selenanthias myersi Randall, 1995 - Myers' anthias GENUS Serranocirrhitus Watanabe, 1949 - anthias Species Serranocirrhitus latus Watanabe, 1949 - hawkfish anthias [=mcmichaeli] GENUS Tosana Smith & Pope, 1906 - anthias Species Tosana niwae Smith & Pope, 1906 - niwae anthias GENUS Tosanoides Kamohara, 1953 - anthias Species Tosanoides filamentosus Kamohara, 1953 - filamentosus anthias Species Tosanoides flavofasciatus Katayama & Masuda, 1980 - flavofasciatus anthias Species Tosanoides obama Pyle et al., 2016 - Obama's anthias GENUS Trachypoma Gunther, 1859 - gropers Species Trachypoma macracanthus Gunther, 1859 - toadstool groper SUBFAMILY Epinephelinae Bleeker 1874 - groupers GENUS Aethaloperca Fowler, 1904 - groupers Species Aethaloperca rogaa (Forsskal, 1775) - redmouth [=lunaria, lunulatus] GENUS Bloch & Schneider, 1801 - hamlets [=Prospinus] Species Alphestes afer (Bloch, 1793) - mutton hamlet [=apiarius, armatus, chloropterum, lightfooti, monacanthus] Species Alphestes immaculatus Breder, 1936 - Pacific mutton hamlet [=fasciatus, galapagensis] Species Alphestes multiguttatus (Gunther, 1867) - rivulated mutton hamlet GENUS Anyperodon Gunther, 1859 - groupers Species Anyperodon leucogrammicus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - [=micronotatus, urophthalmus] GENUS Bathyanthias Gunther, 1880 - groupers Species Bathyanthias atlanticus (Schultz, 1958) - Atlantic bathyanthias Species Bathyanthias cubensis (Schultz, 1958) - Cuban bass Species Bathyanthias mexicanus (Schultz, 1958) - yellowtail bass Species Bathyanthias roseus Gunther, 1880 - rosy grouper GENUS Bloch & Schneider, 1801 - hinds [=Enneacentrus, Petrometopon, Phaetonichthys, Uriphaeton] Species Cephalopholis aitha Randall & Heemstra, 1991 - rusty hind Species Schneider, 1801 - bluespotted grouper [=amarui, balah, grandinatus, guttatus, jacobevertsen, myriaster, thyrsites] Species Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - golden hind [=analis, indelebilis, obtusauris, rufus] Species (Bloch, 1790) - chocolate hind [=boelang, nigrofasciatus, pachycentron, stigmapomus, zebra] Species Cephalopholis cruentata (Lacepede, 1802) - [=apiarius, coronatus, stellatus] Species Cephalopholis cyanostigma (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - bluespotted hind [=kendalli, xanthopterus] Species Cephalopholis formosa (Shaw, in Shaw and Nodder, 1812) - bluelined hind Species Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758) - coney fish [=auratus, carauna, guativere, ouatalibi, punctata, ruber] Species Cephalopholis hemistiktos (Ruppell, 1830) - yellowfin hind Species Cephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama, 1957 - neptune grouper [=swanius] Species Cephalopholis leopardus (Lacepede, 1801) - leopard grouper [=homfrayi, spilurus, urodelops] Species Cephalopholis microprion (Bleeker, 1852) - freckled hind Species Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskal, 1775) - vermillion seabass [=boninius, burdi, caeruleoguttata, caeruleoocellata, cyanostigmatoides, formosanus, maculatus, minatus, nadjil] Species Cephalopholis nigri (Gunther, 1859) - Niger hind [=lineoocellatus] Species Cephalopholis nigripinnis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - blackfin hind Species Cephalopholis oligosticta Randall & Ben-Tuvia, 1983 - vermillion hind Species Cephalopholis panamensis (Steindachner, 1876) - Pacific graysby Species Cephalopholis polleni (Bleeker, 1868) - harlequin hind [=lineatum, okinawae, virgatus] Species Cephalopholis polyspila Randall & Satapoomin, 2000 - polyspila hind Species Cephalopholis sexmaculata (Ruppell, 1830) - sixblotch hind [=coatesi, gibbus, percacaroli, zanana] Species Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - tomato hind [=janthinopterus, purpureus, unicolor, zananella] Species Cephalopholis spiloparaeus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) – strawberry grouper Species (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - bluespotted seabass [=maculatus, maculosa W, maculosa p] Species Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801) - V-tail grouper [=erythraeus, mars, mauritiiae, playfairi, teatae, urodelus, urodeta FinL] GENUS Chromileptes Swainson, 1839 - groupers [=Serranichthys] Species Chromileptes altivelis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - GENUS Gill, 1861 - groupers [=Lioperca] Species Dermatolepis dermatolepis (Boulenger, 1895) - dermatolepis grouper [=punctatus] Species Dermatolepis inermis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833) - [=marmoratus, zanclus] Species Dermatolepis striolata (Playfair, 1867) - smooth grouper [=aldabrensis, gibbosus] GENUS Bloch, 1793 - groupers [=Altiserranus, Cerna, Cernua, Chrysomelanus, Cugupuguacu, Cynichthys, Enneistus, Garrupa, Homalogrystes, Hyposerranus, Itaiara, Labroperca, Merou, Merus, Phrynotitan, Priacanthichthys, Promicrops, Schistorus, Serrihastaperca, Stereolepoides, Vivero] Species Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) - Adscension Island grouper [=atlanticus, capreolus, impetiginosus, maculata, nigriceps, nigriculus, osbeck, pixanga, stellio, varius] Species Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817) - Species Epinephelus akaara (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) - [=ionthas, lobotoides, shihpan, variegatus] Species Epinephelus albomarginatus Boulenger, 1903 - white-edged grouper Species Epinephelus amblycephalus (Bleeker, 1857) - banded grouper Species Epinephelus analogus Gill, 1863 - spotted grouper [=courtadei] Species Boulenger, 1903 - catface grouper Species Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskal, 1775) - [=angularis, celebicus, craspedurus, daba, glaucus, melanurus, waandersii] Species Epinephelus awoara (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) - Species Epinephelus bilobatus Randall & Allen, 1987 - twinspot grouper Species Epinephelus bleekeri (Vaillant, 1878) - duskytail grouper [=albimaculatus, coromandelicus, dayi] Species Epinephelus bontoides (Bleeker, 1855) - palemargin grouper Species Epinephelus bruneus Bloch, 1793 - longtooth grouper [=fuscus, moara, testudineus] Species Epinephelus caninus (Valenciennes, 1843) - dogtooth grouper Species Epinephelus chabaudi (Castelnau, 1861) - moustache grouper [=clarkei, modestus] Species Epinephelus chlorocephalus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - Tonga grouper Species Epinephelus chlorostigma (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) – [=japonicus, reevesii] Species Epinephelus cifuentesi Lavenberg & Grove, in Heemstra & Randall, 1993 - olive grouper Species Epinephelus clippertonensis Allen & Robertson, 1999 - Clipperton grouper Species Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790) - [=alboguttatus, dermochirus, flavoguttatus, hoevenii, kunhardtii] Species Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822) - orangespotted grouper [=guntheri, nebulosus, suillus] Species Epinephelus corallicola (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - grouper [=altivelioides] Species Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878) - goldblotch grouper [=catalonica, chrysotaenia, fasciatus, zaslavskii] Species Epinephelus cyanopodus (Richardson, 1846) - speckled blue grouper [=hoedtii, kohleri, luctuosus, punctatissimus, suitonis] Species Epinephelus daemelii (Gunther, 1876) - saddletail grouper [=forsythi] Species Epinephelus darwinensis Randall & Heemstra, 1991 - Darwin grouper Species Epinephelus diacanthus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - spinycheek grouper [=dayi] Species Epinephelus drummondhayi Goode & Bean, 1878 - drummondhayi grouper Species (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) - dotted grouper [=praeopercularis, stigmogrammacus] Species Epinephelus erythrurus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - cloudy grouper [=townsendi] Species Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskal, 1775) - [=alexandrinus, cruentus, emoryi, erythraeus, forskael, geometricus, maculata, marginalis, marginatus, oceanicus, rosmarus, spiramen, subfasciatus, tsirimenara, variolosus, zapyrus] Species Epinephelus fasciatomaculosus (Peters, 1865) - rock grouper Species Epinephelus faveatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - barredchest grouper [=bontoo] Species Epinephelus flavocaeruleus (Lacepede, 1802) - blue-and-yellow grouper [=borbonicus, caerulescens, flavopurpurea, gymnosus, macrocephalus, melanometopon, xanthometopon] Species Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskal, 1775) - brownmarbled grouper [=horridus, koschar, lutra, taeniocheirus] Species Epinephelus gabriellae Randall & Heemstra, 1991 - multispotted grouper Species Epinephelus geoffroyi (Klunzinger, 1870) - Red Sea spotted grouper [=assabensis, multipunctatus] Species Epinephelus goreensis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - Dungat grouper Species Epinephelus guttatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - [=arara, catus, cubanus, lunulatus, maculosus, stathouderi] Species Epinephelus heniochus Fowler, 1904 - bridled grouper [=hata] Species Epinephelus hexagonatus (Forster, in Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - starspotted grouper [=parkinsonii, stellans] Species Epinephelus howlandi (Gunther, 1873) - blacksaddled grouper [=spilotus] Species Epinephelus indistinctus Randall & Heemstra, 1991 - Somali grouper Species Epinephelus irroratus (Forster, 1801) - Marquesan grouper [=albopunctulatus, spiniger] Species Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822) - [=ditobo, esonue, guasa] Species Epinephelus jayakari (Boulenger, 1889) - Jayakar's grouper Species Epinephelus kupangensis Tucker et al., 2016 - Kupang grouper Species (Jenyns, 1840) - starry grouper [=ordinatus, sellicauda] Species Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790) - [=abdominalis, geographicus, gigas, goliath, magnificus, phaeostigmaeus, terraereginae, thompsoni] Species Epinephelus latifasciatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) - striped grouper [=grammicus, maderaspatensis] Species Epinephelus lebretonianus (Hombron & Jacquinot, in Jacquinot & Guichenot, 1853) – mystery grouper Species Epinephelus longispinis (Kner, 1864) - longspine grouper Species Epinephelus macrospilos (Bleeker, 1855) - snubnose grouper [=cylindricus] Species Epinephelus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) - highfin grouper [=albofuscus, kulas, medurensis, sebae] Species Epinephelus magniscuttis Postel et al., 1963 - speckled grouper [=pseudomorrhua] Species Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - [=crapao, cylindricus, polypodophilus, salmoides, salmonoides, semipunctatus] Species Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) - dusky grouper [=aspersus, brachysoma, fimbriatus, merou] Species Epinephelus melanostigma Schultz, in Schultz et al., 1953 - oneblotch grouper Species Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793 - [=alternatus, atara, faroa, tarao, tearlachi] Species Epinephelus miliaris (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - netfin grouper [=diktiophorus, fuscus, gaimardi] Species Epinephelus morio (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - [=angustifrons, erythrogaster, luridus, remotus] Species Epinephelus morrhua (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833) - [=cometae] Species Epinephelus multinotatus (Peters, 1876) - whiteblotched grouper [=leprosus, rankini] Species Epinephelus ongus (Bloch, 1790) - whitestreaked grouper [=bataviensis, dichropterus, hostiaretis, reticulatus, slacksmithi, tumilabris] Species Epinephelus peruanus Chirichigno F., 1963 - Peruvian grouper Species Epinephelus poecilonotus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) - dot-dash grouper Species Epinephelus polylepis Randall & Heemstra, 1991 - smallscaled grouper Species Epinephelus polyphekadion (Bleeker, 1849) - [=dispar, goldmanni, microdon] Species Epinephelus polystigma (Bleeker, 1853) - whitedotted grouper [=australis, rahanus] Species Epinephelus posteli Fourmanoir & Crosnier, 1964 - stripedfin grouper Species Epinephelus quinquefasciatus (Boucourt, 1868) - Pacific goliath grouper Species Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - [=alatus, carinatus, gilberti, manca, megachir, melanocelidota, pardalis] Species Epinephelus radiatus (Day, 1868) - obliquebanded grouper [=doederleinii] Species Epinephelus retouti Bleeker, 1868 - redtipped grouper [=mauritianus, truncatus] Species (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - halfmoon grouper [=grammatophorus, homosinensis, matterni, raymondi, rhyncholepis, viridipinnis] Species Epinephelus sexfasciatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - sixbar grouper Species Epinephelus socialis (Gunther, 1873) - surge grouper Species Schultz, 1953 - foursaddle grouper [=salonotus] Species Epinephelus stictus Randall & Allen, 1987 - blackdotted grouper Species Epinephelus stoliczkae (Day, 1875) - eqaulet grouper Species Epinephelus striatus (Bloch, 1792) - [=cherna, chrysomelanus, decussatus, epinephelus, gymnopareius, plumierii, reticulata, semifasciatus] Species Epinephelus suborbitalis Amaoka & Randall, 1990 - seamount grouper Species (Forsskal, 1775) - Summan grouper [=leucostigma, meleagris] Species Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskal, 1775) - [=chewa, elongatus, goldiei, pantherinus] Species Epinephelus timorensis Randall & Allen, 1987 - yellowspotted grouper Species Epinephelus trimaculatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - threespot grouper [=ara, fario, japonicus, ura] Species Epinephelus trophis Randall & Allen, 1987 - plump grouper Species Epinephelus tuamotuensis Fourmanoir, 1971 - reticulated grouper Species Epinephelus tukula Morgans, 1959 - Species Epinephelus undulatostriatus (Peters, 1866) - Maori grouper [=guttulatus] Species (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) - wavylined grouper [=amboinensis, lineatus] GENUS Gonioplectrus Gill, 1862 - groupers Species Gonioplectrus hispanus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - GENUS Gracila Randall, 1964 - groupers Species Gracila albomarginata (Fowler & Bean, 1930) - whitemargined gracila GENUS Gill, 1961 - groupers Species Hyporthodus acanthistius (Gilbert, 1892) - acanthistius grouper [=popino] Species Hyporthodus ergastularius (Whitley, 1930) - ergastularius grouper Species Hyporthodus exsul (Fowler, 1944) - exsul grouper Species Hyporthodus flavolimbatus (Poey, 1865) - flavolimbatus grouper Species Hyporthodus haifensis (Ben-Tuvia, 1953) - Haifa grouper [=gigas, sicana] Species Hyporthodus mystacinus (Poey, 1852) - mystacinus grouper Species (Holbrook, 1855) - Holbrook's grouper [=merus] Species Hyporthodus niphobles (Gilbert & Starks, in Gilbert, 1897) - niphobles grouper Species Hyporthodus niveatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - niveatus grouper [=conspersus, flavicauda, scholanderi] Species Hyporthodus octofasciatus (Griffin, 1926) - Griffin's grouper [=compressus] Species Hyporthodus perplexus (Randall, in Randall & Heemstra, 1991) - perplexing grouper Species Hyporthodus quernus (Seale, 1901) - Seale's grouper Species Hyporthodus septemfasciatus (Thunberg, 1793) - Thunberg's grouper [=octocinctus, susuki] GENUS Jeboehlkia Robins, 1967 - groupers Species Jeboehlkia gladifer Robins, 1967 - bladefin basslet GENUS Gill, 1861 - groupers, basslets [=Chorististium, Flagelloserranus, Labracopsis, Pikea, Taeniodon, Ypsigramma] Species Liopropoma aberrans (Poey, 1860) - aberrans basslet Species Liopropoma africanum (Smith, 1954) - African basslet Species Liopropoma aragai Randall & Taylor, 1988 - Araga's basslet Species Liopropoma aurora (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) - yellowmargined basslet Species Liopropoma carmabi (Randall, 1963) - candy basslet Species Liopropoma collettei Randall & Taylor, 1988 - Collette's basslet Species Liopropoma dorsoluteum Kon et al., 1999 - Kon's basslet Species Liopropoma emanueli Wirtz & Schliewen, 2012 - Cape Verdes basslet Species Liopropoma erythraeum Randall & Taylor, 1988 - erythraeum basslet [=rubre] Species Liopropoma eukrines (Starck & Courtenay, 1962) - wrasse bass Species Liopropoma fasciatum Bussing, 1980 - wrasse ass bass Species Liopropoma flavidum Randall & Taylor, 1988 - flavidum basslet Species Liopropoma incomptum Randall & Taylor, 1988 - plain basslet Species Liopropoma japonicum (Doderlein, in Steindachner & Doderlein, 1883) - Japanese basslet Species Liopropoma latifasciatum (Tanaka, 1922) - blackstripe basslet Species Liopropoma lemniscatum Randall & Taylor, 1988 - ribbon basslet Species Liopropoma longilepis Garman, 1899 - scalyfin basslet Species Liopropoma lunulatum (Guichenot, 1863) - lunulatum basslet [=luteoroseus, semilunifera] Species Liopropoma maculatum (Doderlein, 1883) - maculatum basslet [=maculatus] Species Liopropoma mitratum Lubbock & Randall, 1978) - pinstriped basslet Species Liopropoma mowbrayi Woods & Kanazawa, 1951 - cave bass Species Liopropoma multilineatum Randall & Taylor, 1988 - manyline perch Species Liopropoma olneyi Baldwin & Johnson, 2014 - yellowspotted golden bass Species Liopropoma pallidum (Fowler, 1938) - pallid basslet Species Liopropoma randalli Akhilesh et al., 2012 - Randall's liopropoma Species Liopropoma rubre Poey, 1861 - peppermint bass Species Liopropoma santi Baldwin & Robertson, 2014 - spot-tail golden bass Species Liopropoma susumi (Jordan & Seale, 1906) - meteor perch [=brocki, lineata, meteori] Species Liopropoma swalesi (Fowler & Bean, 1930) - Swales's basslet Species Liopropoma tonstrinum Randall & Taylor, 1988 - redstriped basslet GENUS Gill, 1862 - groupers [=Archoperca, Parepinephelus, Trisotropis, Xystroperca] Species Mycteroperca acutirostris (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - comb grouper [=chalinius, cuvieri, undulosus] Species (Poey, 1860) - black grouper [=aguaji, arara, brunneus, cyclopomatus, decimalis, latepictus, microps, xanthosticta] Species Mycteroperca cidi Cervigon, 1966 - Venezuelan grouper Species Mycteroperca fusca (Lowe, 1838) - island grouper [=emarginatus, simonyi] Species Mycteroperca interstitialis (Poey, 1860) - yellowmouth grouper [=calliura, chlorostomus, flacatus, intermedius, roquensis] Species Mycteroperca jordani Jenkins & Evermann, 1889 - [=venadorum] Species (Goode & Bean, 1879) - gag grouper [=stomias] Species Mycteroperca olfax (Jenyns, 1840) - Species Mycteroperca phenax Jordan & Swain, 1884 - Species Mycteroperca prionura Rosenblatt & Zehuranec, 1967 - sawtail grouper Species (Streets, 1877) - leopard grouper [=pardalis] Species Mycteroperca rubra (Bloch, 1793) - [=japonicus, macrogenis, nebulosa, scirenga] Species Mycteroperca tigris (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833) - tiger gouper [=camelopardalis, dimidiatus, felinus, hopkinsi, repandus, reticulatus, rivulatus] Species Mycteroperca venenosa (Linnaeus, 1758) - [=aqua, bowersi, cardinalis, guttatus, marginatus, petrosus, rupestris] Species Mycteroperca xanarcha Jordan, 1888 - broomtail grouper [=boulengeri] GENUS Niphon Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828 - groupers Species Niphon spinosus Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828 - niphon grouper GENUS Guichenot, 1868 - groupers [=Brachyrhinus, Creolus, Menephorus] Species (Valenciennes, 1846) - colonus grouper [=pinguis] Species Paranthias furcifer (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - furcifer grouper [=castelnaui, creolus, nebulosus, oxyptera] GENUS Oken, 1817 - coralgroupers [=Paracanthistius, Plectropoma, Pleuroperca, Ptertopomus] Species Plectropomus areolatus Ruppell, 1830 - squaretail coralgrouper [=truncatus] Species (Lacepede, 1801) - blacksaddled coralgrouper [=cyclostomus, melanoleucus] Species Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepede, 1802) - leopard coralgrouper [=cyanostigma, leopardinus, suji] Species Plectropomus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) - spotted coralgrouper Species Plectropomus marisrubri Randall & Hoese, 1986 - marisrubri coralgrouper Species Plectropomus oligacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) - highfin coralgrouper [=variegatum] Species Plectropomus pessuliferus (Fowler, 1904) - roving coralgrouper Species Plectropomus punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) - marbled coralgrouper [=marmoratus] GENUS Rainfordia McCulloch, 1923 - groupers Species Rainfordia opercularis McCulloch, 1923 - rainfordia grouper GENUS Saloptia Smith, 1964 - groupers Species Saloptia powelli Smith, 1964 - GENUS Triso Randall et al., 1989 - groupers Species Triso dermopterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) - oval grouper [=woorei] GENUS Swainson, 1839 - lyretail groupers [=Pseudoserranus] Species Variola albimarginata Baissac, 1953 - white-edged lyretail Species Variola louti (Forsskal, 1775) - yellow-edged lyretail [=flavimarginatus, longipinna, melanotaenia, phaenistomus, punctulatus, roseus] SUBFAMILY Grammistinae Bleeker 1857 - soapfishes GENUS Aporops Schultz, 1943 - soapfishes Species Aporops bilinearis Schultz, 1943 - blotched podge [=allfreei, japonicus] GENUS Aulacocephalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 - soapfishes Species Aulacocephalus temminckii Bleeker, 1855 - goldribbon soapfish [=compressus, saponaceus, schlegelii] GENUS Belonoperca Fowler & Bean, 1930 - soapfishes Species Belonoperca chabanaudi Fowler & Bean, 1930 - arrowhead soapfish Species Belonoperca pylei Baldwin & Smith, 1998 - orangespotted soapfish GENUS Diploprion Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828 - soapfishes Species Diploprion bifasciatum Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828 - barred soapfish Species Diploprion drachi Roux-Esteve, in Roux-Esteve & Fourmanoir, 1955 - drachi soapfish GENUS Grammistes Bloch & Schneider, 1801 - soapfishes Species Grammistes sexlineatus (Thunberg, 1792) - goldenstriped soapfish [=grammistes, orientalis, vittata] GENUS Grammistops Schultz, in Schultz et al., 1953 - soapfishes [=Tulelepis] Species Grammistops ocellatus Schultz, 1953 - ocellate soapfish [=canis] GENUS Pogonoperca Gunther, 1859 - soapfishes Species Pogonoperca ocellata Gunther, 1859 - ocellate pogonoperca Species Pogonoperca punctata (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - leaflip grouper [=reticulata] GENUS Pseudogramma Bleeker, 1875 - soapfishes, podges [=Caribrhegma, Pseudorhegma, Rhegma] Species Pseudogramma astigma Randall & Baldwin, 1997 - spotless podge Species Pseudogramma australis Randall & Baldwin, 1997 - Pascua podge [=pasquensis] Species Pseudogramma axelrodi Allen & Robertson, 1995 - Axelrod's podge Species Pseudogramma brederi (Hildebrand, in Longley & Hildebrand, 1940) - confused podge [=diagramma, hawaiiensis] Species Pseudogramma erythrea Randall & Baldwin, 1997 - Caban podge Species Pseudogramma galzini Williams & Viviani, 2016 - Galzin's podge Species Pseudogramma gregoryi (Breder, 1927) - reef podge [=bermudensis] Species Pseudogramma guineensis (Norman, 1935) - Guinean podge Species Pseudogramma megamyctea Randall & Baldwin, 1997 - bignostril podge Species Pseudogramma paucilepis Williams & Viviani, 2016 - weakscaled podge Species Pseudogramma pectoralis Randall & Baldwin, 1997 - pectoral podge Species Pseudogramma polycantha (Bleeker, 1856) - palespot podge [=samoensis] Species Pseudogramma thaumasia (Gilbert, 1900) - Pacific reef podge Species Pseudogramma xantha Randall et al., 2002 - yellow podge GENUS Rypticus Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 - soapfishes [=Eleutheractis, Promicropterus, Smecticus] Species Rypticus bicolor Valenciennes, 1846 - mottled soapfish [=xanti] Species Rypticus bistrispinus (Mitchill, 1818) - freckled soapfish [=arenatus, bistrispineus, pituitosus] Species Rypticus bornoi Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928 - largespotted soapfish [=macrostigmus] Species Rypticus carpenteri Baldwin & Weigt, 2012 - slope soapfish Species Rypticus courtenayi McCarthy, 1979 - Socorran soapfish Species Rypticus maculatus Holbrook, 1855 - whitespotted soapfish Species Rypticus nigripinnis Gill, 1861 - blackfin soapfish [=decoratus] Species Rypticus randalli Courtenay, 1967 - plain soapfish [=brachyrhinus] Species Rypticus saponaceus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - greater soapfish [=coriaceus, microps] Species Rypticus subbifrenatus Gill, 1861 - spotted soapfish [=nigromaculatus] GENUS Suttonia Smith, 1953 - soapfishes, podges Species Suttonia coccinea Endo & Kenmotsu, 2013 - scarlet freckle-faced podge Species Suttonia lineata Gosline, 1960 - frecklefaced podge Species Suttonia suttoni Smith, 1953 - Sutton's podge