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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets
Subfamily: Epinephelinae
Genus: Alphestes

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3 species (see list below)

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Photo by Duarte, L.O.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 33 cm TL
Alphestes afer (Bloch, 1793)

Photo by Duarte, L.O.
 
Alphestes afer
[Mutton hamlet]

Photo by Lavan, J.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Alphestes immaculatus Breder, 1936

Photo by Lavan, J.
 
Alphestes immaculatus
[Pacific mutton hamlet]

Photo by Munson, L.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Alphestes multiguttatus (Günther, 1867)

Photo by Munson, L.
 
Alphestes multiguttatus
[Rivulated mutton hamlet]
3 Species of Family Serranidae with Genus Alphestes
(Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1793 Alphestes afer Mutton hamlet Western Atlantic 33 TL
1936 Alphestes immaculatus Pacific mutton hamlet Eastern Pacific 30 TL
1867 Alphestes multiguttatus Rivulated mutton hamlet Eastern Pacific 30 TL



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