Species details
Accepted scientific name:
Alphestes afer (Bloch, 1793) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Alphestes afer (Bloch, 1793)
Synonyms:
Alphestes fasciatus (non Hildebrand, 1946) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Alphestes fasciatus (non Hildebrand, 1946)
Alphestes galapagensis (non Fowler, 1944) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Alphestes galapagensis (non Fowler, 1944)
Alphestes immaculatus (non Breder, 1936) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Alphestes immaculatus (non Breder, 1936)
Epinephelus afer Bloch, 1793 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Epinephelus afer Bloch, 1793
Epinephelus lightfooti Fowler, 1907 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Epinephelus lightfooti Fowler, 1907
Plectropoma chloropterum Cuvier, 1828 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Plectropoma chloropterum Cuvier, 1828
Plectropoma monacanthus Müller & Troschel, 1848 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Plectropoma monacanthus Müller & Troschel, 1848
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Olitu - - Barbados Click here to show the literature reference
Olitu - - Netherlands Antilles Click here to show the literature reference
Cherna - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature reference
Coney - English Puerto Rico Click here to show the literature reference
Guaseta - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature reference
Hamlet - English Netherlands Antilles Click here to show the literature reference
Hamlet - English Puerto Rico Click here to show the literature reference
Mossfish - English Barbados Click here to show the literature reference
Mossy grouper - English Barbados Click here to show the literature reference
Mutton Hamlet - English Cuba Click here to show the literature reference
Mutton hamlet - English - Click here to show the literature reference
Mutton hamlet - English Bahamas Click here to show the literature reference
Mutton hamlet - English Barbados Click here to show the literature reference
Mutton hamlet - English Puerto Rico Click here to show the literature reference
Mutton hamlet - English Saint Lucia Click here to show the literature reference
Mutton hamlet - English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Red nigger hamlet - English Barbados Click here to show the literature reference
Small grouper - English Puerto Rico Click here to show the literature reference
Varech - French - Click here to show the literature reference
加勒比鴛鴛鮨 Jia le bi yuan yuan ci Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
加勒比鸳鸳鮨 Jia le bi yuan yang zhi Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
非洲石斑魚 Fei jhou shih ban yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
非洲石斑鱼 Fei zhou shi ban yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
Alfesta - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature reference
Badejo - Portuguese Brazil(São Paulo) Click here to show the literature reference
Cerigado-vermelho - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Garaçapé - Portuguese Brazil(Rio Grande do Norte) Click here to show the literature reference
Garoupa - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Garoupa-gato - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Garoupa-rajada - Portuguese Brazil(Northeastern Brazil) Click here to show the literature reference
Gato - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Peixe-gato - Portuguese Brazil(Espírito Santo) Click here to show the literature reference
Pira-piranga - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Pirapiranga - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Pirá-piranga - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Sapa - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Sapá - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Sapé - Portuguese Brazil(Ceará) Click here to show the literature reference
Sapé-pintado - Portuguese Brazil(Pernambuco) Click here to show the literature reference
Sapê-pintado - Portuguese Brazil(Pernambuco) Click here to show the literature reference
Serigado-vermelho - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Sulalepa - Portuguese Brazil(Northeastern Brazil) Click here to show the literature reference
Sulapeba - Portuguese Brazil(Bahia) Click here to show the literature reference
гуазета - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature reference
черна - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature reference
Aceituna - Spanish Puerto Rico(La Parguera (Ref. 58971)) Click here to show the literature reference
Cherna - Spanish Cuba Click here to show the literature reference
Cherne - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature reference
Guaseta - Spanish - Click here to show the literature reference
Guaseta - Spanish Cuba Click here to show the literature reference
Guaseta - Spanish Galapagos Is Click here to show the literature reference
Guaseta - Spanish Guadeloupe Click here to show the literature reference
Guaseta - Spanish Haiti Click here to show the literature reference
Guaseta - Spanish Martinique Click here to show the literature reference
Guaseta - Spanish Puerto Rico Click here to show the literature reference
Mantequilla - Spanish Puerto Rico Click here to show the literature reference
Mero - Spanish Peru Click here to show the literature reference
Classification:
Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Serranidae FishBase
Genus Alphestes FishBase
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda, south Florida (USA), Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas, Cuba, West Indies, Panama, Venezuela, and southward to the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Alphestes afer has recently been re-discovered at São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea of the Eastern Atlantic.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Source database: FishBase, Jul 2013   99%
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Heemstra, P., 02-Oct-2012
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=8726
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd8850f1-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20140401

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