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Family
Serranidae
Swainson 1839
Family
Family
Hierarchy
Hierarchy
General
General
Description
groupers
AuthorWI
Swainson [W.]
AuthorNI
Swainson
Year
1839
Status
Valid
Notes
The Serranidae are a large family of fishes belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species in 64 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers (subfamily Epinephelinae). Although many species are small, in some cases less than 10 cm (3.9 in), the giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) is one of the largest bony fishes in the world, growing to 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) in length and 400 kg (880 lb) in weight.
Class
Osteichthyes
Order
Perciformes
Suborder
Percoidei
Superfamily
Percoidea
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