Tribe Grammistini

Serranidae: Epinephelinae: Grammistini

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Serranidae: Epinephelinae: Pseudogramma

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Grammistiops ocellatus, Queensland

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Introduction

The tribe Grammistini contains seven (eight if Jeboehlkia is included) genera and 26 species (Nelson 1994; Randall & Baldwin 1997, Nelson et al. 2016), with six genera and seven species known from Australia.

Randall et al. (1971) placed Pseudogramma and Aporops in the family Pseudogrammatidae based on the absence of a toxic mucus, a disjunct lateral line and vertebral counts of 26–28. Some authors combine this tribe with the Diploprionini in the subfamily Grammistinae. The works of Johnson (1983) and Baldwin & Johnson (1993) are followed here in treating the group as a tribe within the Serranidae. Randall & Baldwin (1997) revised Pseudogramma.

Maximum size 35 cm.

General References

Baldwin, C.C. & Johnson, G.D. 1993. Phylogeny of the Epinephelinae (Teleostei: Serranidae). Bulletin of Marine Science 52(1): 240-283

Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. 2006. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1026]

Johnson, G.D. 1983. Niphon spinosus a primitive epinepheline serranid, with comments on the monophyly and interrelationships of the Serranidae. Copeia 1983(3): 777-787 figs 1-9

Nelson, J.S. 1994. Fishes of the World. New York : John Wiley & Sons 600 pp.

Nelson, J.S., Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V.H. 2016. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons 5, 752 pp.

Randall, J.E., Aida, K., Hibiya, T., Mitsuura, N., Kamiya, H. & Hasimoto, Y. 1971. Grammistin, the skin toxin of soapfishes, and its significance in the classification of the Grammistidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 19(2/3): 157-190 figs 1-23

Randall, J.E. & Baldwin, C.C. 1997. Revision of the serranid fishes of the subtribe Pseudogrammina, with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 26: 1-56 pl. 1

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