Cephalopholis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae in the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. Many of the species have the word "hind" as part of their common name in English.
Taxonomy Recent molecular analyses have challenged the placement of the redmouth grouper in the genus Aethaloperca, in a study based on five different genes this species fell within the Cephalopholis clade, thus suggesting that the species should be included in this genus and referred to as Cephalopholis rogaa.
Species Cephalolophis contains the following 25 species: +ImageSpeciesCommon nameCephalopholis aitha Randall & Heemstra, 1991Rusty hindCephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801Peacock hindCephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)Golden hindCephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)Chocolate hindCephalopholis colonus (Valenciennes, 1846)Pacific creole-fishCephalopholis cruentata (Lacépède, 1802)GraysbyCephalopholis cyanostigma (Valenciennes, 1828)Bluespotted hindCephalopholis formosa (Shaw, 1812)Bluelined hindCephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758)ConeyCephalopholis hemistiktos (Rüppell, 1830)Yellowfin hindCephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama, 1957Garish hindCephalopholis leopardus (Lacepède, 1801)Leopard hindCephalopholis microprion (Bleeker, 1852)Freckled hindCephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775)Coral hindCephalopholis nigri (Günther, 1859)Nigri hindCephalopholis nigripinnis (Valenciennes, 1828)Blackfin grouperCephalopholis oligosticta Randall & Ben-Tuvia, 1983Vermilion hindCephalopholis panamensis (Steindachner 1876)Pacific graysbyCephalopholis polleni (Bleeker, 1868)Harlequin hindCephalopholis polyspila Randall & Satapoomin, 2000Andaman hindCephalopholis sexmaculata (Rüppell 1830)Sixblotch hindCephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes 1828)Tomato hindCephalopholis spiloparaea (Valenciennes 1828)Strawberry hindCephalopholis taeniops (Valenciennes 1828)Bluespotted seabassCephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801)Darkfin hind
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