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Plectropomus Oken, 1817 
AphiaID: 205015

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Epinephelinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Epinephelinae
Synonymised
taxa		  Paracanthistius
 Plectropoma
Sources  basis of record: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

basis of record (from synonym): FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Plectropomus areolatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Plectropomus johnstonian
Species Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède, 1801)
Species Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Plectropomus maculatum
Species Plectropomus maculatus (Bloch, 1790)
Species Plectropomus oligacanthus (Bleeker, 1855)
Species Plectropomus pessuliferus (Fowler, 1904)
Species Plectropomus punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Species Plectropomus areolatum (Rüppell, 1830) accepted as Plectropomus areolatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Plectropomus maculates (Bloch, 1790) accepted as Plectropomus maculatus (Bloch, 1790)
Species Plectropomus marmoratus Talbot, 1959 accepted as Plectropomus punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Plectropomus melanoleucus (Lacepède, 1802) accepted as Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède, 1801)
Species Plectropomus oligocanthus (Bleeker, 1855) accepted as Plectropomus oligacanthus (Bleeker, 1855)
Species Plectropomus pessulifer (Fowler, 1904) accepted as Plectropomus pessuliferus (Fowler, 1904)
Species Plectropomus trancatus Fowler & Bean, 1930 accepted as Plectropomus areolatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Plectropomus truncatus Fowler & Bean, 1930 accepted as Plectropomus areolatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205015
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-06-06 22:00:00Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-27 07:06:07Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-01-04 15:09:25Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Plectropomus Oken, 1817. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205015 on 2013-06-20
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