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View Mode Genus Merus Poey 1871   Genus Genus   Hierarchy Hierarchy   Original Genus Original Genus   Current Genus Current Genus   Name History Name History   Genus   Merus AuthorWI   Poey [F.] AuthorNI   Poey Qualification   (ex Cuvier) Year   1871 Status   -- Gender   masculine Water   Salt water Class   Osteichthyes Order   Perciformes Family   Serranidae Subfamily   Epinephelinae Tribe   Epinephelini Original Genus   Merus Original Qualification   (ex Cuvier) Original Family   Serranidae Original Sub Family   Epinephelinae Epinephelinae Original Year   1871 Gender   masculine Type Species   Perca gigas Type Species AuthorWI   Brünnich [M. T.] Type Species AuthorNI   Brünnich Type Species Qualification   (ex Cuvier) Type Species Year   1768 Type Designation   Type by original designation Current Genus   Epinephelus Current Year   1793 Current Family   Serranidae Current Subfamily   Cheirodontinae Current Summary   Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Serranidae.   Name History   • Objective synonym of Merou  Bonaparte (ex Cuvier) 1831 and of Cerna  Bonaparte 1833. • Synonym of Epinephelus  Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989]). Loading…