Chromileptes altivelis
(Valenciennes, 1828)
(Humpback grouper)
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The humpback grouper was first formally described as Serranus altivelis in 1828 by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865) with the type locality given as Java. In 1839, the English naturalist William John Swainson (1789-1855) placed it in the subgenus Chromileptes, which was later created as a monotypic genus. Swainson spelt the genus as Chromileptes although Fishbase spells it as Cromileptes. Recent molecular analyses based on five genes show that Cromileptes altivelis is included in the same clade as species of Epinephelus. Consequently, the species should be included in Epinephelus as Epinephelus altivelis.
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Locality/Distribution »
[Toril, Davao City, Davao del Sur]
Collectors/Field Observers » MA Fortaleza, MC Jandoc, JA Oño
Species ID by » Maybelle A. Fortaleza
Institution/Project » University of the Philippines Mindanao FishDive Project
Collection Code » FDP_TORL_2206_012_A
Cite this page as: Nañola CL, MA Fortaleza, JJ Lanutan, and KL Labrador. 2023. Unpublished data on marine fishes of Davao Gulf.
