Hyporthodus is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae (groupers). It contains the following species, most of which were previously placed in Epinephelus: \n* Hyporthodus acanthistius (Gilbert, 1892) \n* Hyporthodus darwinensis (Randall & Heemstra, 1991) \n* Hyporthodus ergastularius (Whitley, 1930) \n* Hyporthodus exsul (Fowler, 1944) \n* Hyporthodus flavolimbatus (Poey, 1865) \n* Hyporthodus haifensis (Ben-Tuvia, 1953) \n* Hyporthodus mystacinus (Poey, 1852) \n* Hyporthodus nigritus (Holbrook, 1855) \n* Hyporthodus niphobles (Gilbert & Starks, 1897) \n* Hyporthodus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828) \n* Hyporthodus octofasciatus (Griffin, 1926) \n* Hyporthodus perplexus (Randall, Hoese & Last, 1991) \n* Hyporthodus quernus (Seale, 1901) \n* Hyporthodus septemfasciatus (Thunberg, 1