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Genera that contain: Alphestes [ 2 ] records

Alphestes Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:236 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Masc. Epinephelus afer Bloch 1793. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Swain 1884:394 [ref. 9337] and by Eigenmann 1890:349 [ref. 2440]. •Synonym Epinephelus Bloch 1793, but a valid subgenus Alphestes -- (Smith 1971:162 [ref. 14102], Kendall 1984:500 [ref. 13663], Baldwin & Johnson 1993:251 [ref. 27443]). •Valid as Alphestes Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1993:18 [ref. 21042], Craig et al. 2001:126 [ref. 26133], Heemstra et al. 2003:1314 [ref. 27060], Craig et al. 2006:327 [ref. 29772], Craig & Hastings 2007:16 [ref. 29046], Craig et al. 2011:4 [ref. 31786], Ma & Craig 2018:453 [ref. 36100] in Epinephelidae, Parenti & Randall 2020:49 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Alphestes Bloch & Schneider 1801. Epinephelidae.

Prospinus Poey [F.] 1861:364, 388 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Masc. Plectropoma chloropterum Cuvier 1828. Type by subsequent designation. Also appeared as Poey in Gill 1862:236 [ref. 1664]. Earliest type designation found that of Jordan & Evermann 1896:1164 [ref. 2443]. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch & Schneider 1801, subgenus Alphestes Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Smith 1971:162 [ref. 14102]). •Synonym of Alphestes Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1993:18 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:49 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Alphestes Bloch & Schneider 1801. Epinephelidae.


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