8726 Alphestes afer (Bloch, 1793) Epinephelidae Groupers Perciformes/Serranoidei Teleostei Mutton hamlet Western Atlantic: Bermuda, south Florida (USA), Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas, Cuba, West Indies, Panama, Venezuela, and southward to the state of São Paulo, Brazil. <i>Alphestes afer</i> has recently been re-discovered at São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea of the Eastern Atlantic. AMNH 222180 Epinephelus afer AMNH 2978 Alphestes afer AMNH 37087 Epinephelus afer AMNH 52465 Epinephelus afer FB 2735384 24 S 46 W Alphestes afer FB 2735383 23 S 44 W Alphestes afer MNRJ 11866 23 S 42 W Alphestes afer FB 2735381 20 S 40 W Alphestes afer FB 2735380 12 S Alphestes afer FB 2735379 7 S 34 W Alphestes afer AMNH 18183 1902 Alphestes afer AMNH 18944 1950 Alphestes afer AMNH 19029 1950 Epinephelus afer AMNH 30238 1971 Epinephelus afer AMNH 30944 1972 Alphestes afer AMNH 36687 1977 Epinephelus afer AMNH 73519 1978 Epinephelus afer AMNH 78222 1978 Epinephelus afer AMNH 216227 1988 Epinephelus afer AMNH 216202 1989 Epinephelus afer 1997 Alphestes afer 1998 Alphestes afer 1999 Alphestes afer 1999 Alphestes afer 1999 Alphestes afer 2000 Alphestes afer 2001 Alphestes afer 2001 Alphestes afer 2001 Alphestes afer