Grammistidae
Sign in to saveGrammistidae is a family of percoid fish, commonly known as soapfishes (a name also used for the Diploprioninae). They are found in tropical oceans around the world. They were formerly considered a tribe of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias, groupers and the sea basses, but are now treated as a distinct family.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Grammistidae is referenced by 26 other articles, and connects out to Grammistes sexlineatus, Animalia and International Standard Book Number.
It sits within the topics Marine fish families, Percoidei and Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilySerranidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- Family
- Serranidae
- Collections
- CAS, CSIRO, AM, WAM, ODU
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Australia, Indonesia, United States, Unknown Or Invalid
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- tribe
- taxon name
- Grammistini
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- Grammistini
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Genera
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Grammistidae is a family of percoid fish, commonly known as soapfishes (a name also used for the Diploprioninae). They are found in tropical oceans around the world. They were formerly considered a tribe of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias, groupers and the sea basses, but are now treated as a distinct family.
==Genera== The following genera are included within the Grammistidae: Aporops Schultz, 1943 Grammistes Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Grammistops Schultz 1953 Jeboehlkia Robins, 1967 Pogonoperca Günther, 1859 Pseudogramma Bleeker, 1875 Rypticus Cuvier, 1829 Suttonia J.L.B. Smith, 1953
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