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Taxon: Genus Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                           Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                             Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                               Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                   Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                         Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                                                                           Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                                                             Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                                                                               Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                                                                 Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                   Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                     Clade Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                       Clade Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                         Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                                                                           Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                                                                                             Series Eupercaria
                                                                                               Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859 [paraphyletic?] - perches
                                                                                                 Suborder Percoidei Bleeker, 1859
                                                                                                   Family Epinephelidae Bleeker, 1874 - groupers
                                                                                                     Genus Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
                                                                                                       Epinephelus acanthistius (Gilbert, 1892) - Gulf coney
                                                                                                       Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) - rock hind
                                                                                                       Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) - grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus akaara (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) - garrupa
                                                                                                       Epinephelus albomarginatus (Fowler & Bean, 1930) - white-edged grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus amblycephalus (Bleeker, 1857) - banded grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus analogus Gill, 1863 - spotted cabrilla
                                                                                                       Epinephelus andersoni Boulenger, 1903 - catface grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskål, 1775) - areolate grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus awoara (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) - yellow grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus bilobatus Randall & Allen, 1987 - twinspot grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus bleekeri (Vaillant, 1878) - duskytail grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus bontoides (Bleeker, 1855) - palemargin grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus bruneus Bloch, 1793 - kelp grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus caninus (Valenciennes, 1843) - dogtooth grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus chabaudi (Castelnau, 1861) - moustache grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus chlorocephalus (Valenciennes, 1830) - Tonga grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus chlorostigma (Valenciennes, 1828) - brownspotted grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus cifuentesi Lavenberg & Grove, 1993 - olive grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus clippertonensis G.R. Allen & D.R. Robertson, 1999
                                                                                                       Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790) - whitespotted grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822) - orange-spotted grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus corallicola (Valenciennes, 1828) - coral grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878) - goldblotch grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus cyanopodus (Richardson, 1846) - speckled blue grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus daemelii (Günther, 1876) - saddletail grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus darwinensis Randall & Heemstra, 1991 - Darwin grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus diacanthus (Valenciennes, 1828) - six-barred reef cod
                                                                                                       Epinephelus drummondhayi Goode & Bean, 1878 - Calico grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus epistictus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) - broken-line grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus ergastularius Whitley, 1930 - sevenbar grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus erythrurus (Valenciennes, 1828) - cloudy grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus exsul (Fowler, 1944) - 10-spine grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus fasciatomaculosus (Peters, 1865) - rock grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) - blacktip grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus faveatus (Valenciennes, 1828) - barred-chest grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus flavocaeruleus (Lacépède, 1802) - blue and yellow grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus flavolimbatus Poey, 1865 - yellowedge grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775) - blotch grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus gabriellae Randall & Heemstra, 1991 - multispotted grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830) - Dungat grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus guttatus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - red hind
                                                                                                       Epinephelus haifensis Ben-Tuvia, 1953 - Haifa grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus heniochus Fowler, 1904 - bridled grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus hexagonatus (Bloch & Schneider) - starspotted grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus howlandi (Günther, 1873) - blacksaddle grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus indistinctus Randall & Heemstra, 1991 - Somali grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus irroratus (Forster, 1801) - Marquesan grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822) - Goliath grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus labriformis (Jenyns, 1840) - flag cabrilla
                                                                                                       Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790) - brindle grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus latifasciatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) - banded grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus lebretonianus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853) - mystery grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus longispinis (Kner, 1864) - longspine grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus macrospilos (Bleeker, 1855) - snubnose grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) - highfin grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus magniscuttis Postel, Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1963 - speckled grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - Malabar grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) - dusky grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus melanostigma Schultz, 1953 - one-blotch grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus merra (Bloch, 1793) - honeycomb grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus miliaris (Valenciennes, 1830) - netfin grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus morio (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - Cherna de vivero
                                                                                                       Epinephelus morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833) - comet grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus multinotatus (Peters, 1876) - white blotched grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus mystacinus (Poey, 1852) - black grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus nigritus (Holbrook, 1856) - Warsaw grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus niphobles Gilbert & Starks, 1897 - snowy grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828) - snowy grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus octofasciatus Griffin, 1926 - eightbar grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus ongus (Bloch, 1790) - white-streaked grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus perplexus Randall, Hoese & Last, 1991 - puzzling grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus poecilonotus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) - dot-dash grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus polylepis Randall & Heemstra, 1991 - smallscaled grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus polyphekadion (Bleeker, 1849) - camouflage grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus polystigma (Bleeker, 1853) - white-dotted grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus posteli Fourmanoir & Crosnier, 1964 - striped-fin grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus quernus Seale, 1901 - grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830) - longfin grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus radiatus (Day, 1868) - oblique-banded grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus retouti Bleeker, 1868 - red-tipped grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus rivulatus (Valenciennes, 1830) - halfmoon grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus septemfasciatus (Thunberg, 1793) - convict grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus sexfasciatus (Valenciennes, 1828) - sixbar grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus socialis (Günther, 1873) - surge grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus spilotoceps Schultz, 1953 - foursaddle grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus stictus Randall & Allen, 1987 - black-dotted grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus stoliczkae (Day, 1875) - epaulet grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus striatus (Bloch, 1792) - hamlet
                                                                                                       Epinephelus suborbitalis Amaoka & Randall, 1990 - seamount grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus summana (Forsskål, 1775) - Summan grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775) - giant grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus timorensis Randall & Allen, 1987 - yellowspotted grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus trimaculatus (Valenciennes, 1828) - threespot grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus trophis Randall & Allen, 1987 - plump grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus tuamotuensis Fourmanoir, 1971 - reticulate grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus tukula Morgans, 1959 - potato grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus undulatostriatus (Peters, 1866) - Maori grouper
                                                                                                       Epinephelus undulosus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) - brown-lined reef cod

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