Genus Hyporthodus Gill (18 species)

Type species: Hyporthodus flavicauda [¼ Epinephelus niveatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes)]

Type locality: Newport, Rhode Island.

Included species:

H. acanthistius (Gilbert, 1892)

H. chabaudi (Castelnau, 1861) (formerly Epinephelus)

H. cifuentesi Lavenberg & Grove, 1993 (formerly Epinephelus)

H. dermopterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) (formerly Triso)

H. ergastularius (Whitley, 1930)

H. exsul (Fowler, 1944)

H. flavolimbatus (Poey, 1865)

H. haifensis (Ben-Tuvia, 1953)

H. mystacinus (Poey, 1852)

H. nigritus (Holbrook, 1855)

H. niphobles (Gilbert & Starks, 1897)

H. niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828)

H. octofasciatus (Griffin, 1926)

H. quernus (Seale, 1901)

H. septemfasciatus (Thunberg, 1793)

Species incertae sedis:

H. darwinensis* Randall & Heemstra, 1991

H. perplexus* (Randall, Hoese & Last, 1991)

H. drummondhayi Goode & Bean, 1878 (formerly Epinephelus)