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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: Grammistinae
Genus: Diploprion
Species: D. bifasciatum – D. drachi
Name

Diploprion Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828

Diploprion bifasciatum

Diploprion bifasciatum

References

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

Vernacular names

Diploprion is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, related to the groupers and included in the subfamily Epinephelinae, part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region.
Species

There are two species within the genus Diploprion:[2]

Diploprion bifasciatum Cuvier, 1828 (Barred soapfish)
Diploprion drachi Roux-Estève, 1955 (Yellowfin soapfish)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Diploprion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Diploprion in FishBase. December 2019 version.

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