Humpback grouper

Humpback grouper
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Epinephelinae
Tribe: Epinephelini
Genus: Cromileptes
Swainson, 1839
Species:
C. altivelis
Binomial name
Cromileptes altivelis
(Valenciennes, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Genus
    • Serranichthys Bleeker, 1855
  • Species
    • Serranus altivelis Valenciennes, 1828
    • Epinephelus altivelis (Valenciennes, 1828)

The humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis), panther grouper, or (in Australia) barramundi cod is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is in the family Serranidae which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean.

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