page_title: Serranidae
section_title: Classification
hierarchical_section_title: Serranidae / Classification
caption_attribution_description: sixline soapfish Taba
context_page_description: The Serranidae are a large family of fishes belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species in 65 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers. Although many species are small, in some cases less than 10 cm, the giant grouper is one of the largest bony fishes in the world, growing to 2.7 m in length and 400 kg in weight. Representatives of this group live in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
context_section_description: Recent molecular classifications challenge the validity of the genera Cromileptes (sometimes spelled Chromileptes) and Anyperodon. Each of these two genera has a single species, which were included in the same clade as species of Epinephelus in a study based on five different genes.
  The subfamilies and genera are as follows: 
  Subfamily Anthiinae Poey, 1861
  Acanthistius Gill, 1862
  Anatolanthias Anderson, Parin & Randall, 1990
  Anthias Bloch, 1792
  Baldwinella  Anderson & Heemstra, 2012
  Caesioperca Castelnau, 1872
  Caprodon Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
  Choranthias Anderson & Heemstra, 2012
  Dactylanthias Bleeker, 1871
  Epinephelides Ogilby, 1899
  Giganthias Katayama, 1954
  Hemanthias Steindachner, 1875
  Holanthias Günther 1868
  Hypoplectrodes Gill, 1862
  Lepidoperca Regan, 1914
  Luzonichthys Herre, 1936
  Meganthias Randall & Heemstra, 2006
  Nemanthias J.L.B. Smith, 1954
  Odontanthias Bleeker, 1873
  Othos Castelnau, 1875
  Plectranthias Bleeker, 1873
  Pronotogrammus Gill, 1863
  Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871
  Rabaulichthys Allen, 1984
  Sacura D.S. Jordan & Richardson, 1910
  Selenanthias Tanaka, 1918
  Serranocirrhitus Watanabe, 1949
  Tosana  H.M. Smith & Pope, 1906
  Tosanoides Kamohara, 1953
  Trachypoma Günther, 1859
  Subfamily Epinephelinae Bleeker, 1874 (groupers)
  Tribe Niphonini D.S. Jordan, 1923
  Niphon Cuvier, 1828
  Tribe Epinephilini Bleeker, 1874
  Aethaloperca Fowler, 1904
  Alphestes Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  Anyperodon Günther, 1859
  Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  Chromileptes Swainson, 1839
  Dermatolepis Gill, 1861
  Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
  Gonioplectrus Gill, 1862
  Gracila Randall, 1964
  Hyporthodus Gill, 1861
  Mycteroperca Gill, 1862
  Paranthias Guichenot, 1868
  Plectropomus Pken, 1817
  Saloptia J.L.B. Smith, 1964
  Triso Randall, Johnson & Lowe, 1989
  Variola Swainson, 1839
  Tribe Diploprionini Bleeker, 1874
  Aulacocephalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
  Belonoperca Fowler & B.A. Bean, 1930
  Diploprion Cuvier, 1828
  Tribe Liopropomini Poey, 1867
  Bathyanthias Günther, 1880
  Liopropoma Gill, 1861
  Rainfordia McCulloch, 1923
  Tribe Grammistini Bleeker, 1857
  Aporops Schultz, 1943
  Grammistes Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  Grammistops Schultz 1953
  Jeboehlkia Robins, 1967
  Pogonoperca Günther 1859
  Pseudogramma Bleeker, 1875
  Rypticus Cuvier, 1829
  Suttonia J.L.B. Smith, 1953
  Subfamily Serraninae Swainson, 1839
  Bullisichthys Rivas, 1971
  Centropristis Cuvier, 1829
  Chelidoperca Boulenger, 1895
  Cratinus Steindachner, 1878
  Diplectrum Holbrook, 1855
  Hypoplectrus Gill, 1861
  Paralabrax Girard, 1856
  Parasphyraenops T.H. Bean, 1912
  Schultzea Woods, 1958
  Serraniculus Ginsburg, 1952
  Serranus Cuvier, 1816
  incertae sedis
  Caesioscorpis Whitley, 1945
  Hemilutjanus Bleeker, 1876
  †Palaeoperca Micklich, 1978 (Eocene, Germany)
caption: As indicated by its name, the skin of the six-striped soapfish produces a toxic mucus.
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