Dermatolepis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Serranidae
Subfamilia: Epinephelinae
Genus: Dermatolepis
Species: D. dermatolepis – D. inermis – D. striolata
Name

Dermatolepis Gill, 1861
References

Dermatolepis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Dermatolepis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Dermatolepis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae, part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. They are found in the western Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Species

The genus Dermatolepis contains these species:[3]

Dermatolepis dermatolepis (Boulenger, 1895) - Leather bass
Dermatolepis inermis (Valenciennes, 1833) - Marbled grouper
Dermatolepis striolata (Playfair, 1867) - Smooth grouper

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Dermatolepis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Epinephelinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Dermatolepis in FishBase. December 2019 version.