A molecular phylogeny of the groupers of the subfamily Epinephelinae (Serranidae) with a revised classification of the Epinephelini

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-17

  Craig, Matthew T ^a,b   Hastings, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalopholis; Epinephelus; Molecular phylogeny; Mycteroperca; Perciformes

Indexed keywords

ACANTHISTIUS; ACANTHOMORPHA; ALPHESTES; CEPHALOPHOLIS; DERMATOLEPIS; EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS; GONIOPLECTRUS; MYCTEROPERCA; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; PLECTROPOMUS; SALOPTIA; SERRANIDAE; TRISO; VARIOLA; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 33847760655     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-006-0367-x     Document Type: Article

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