Mycteroperca
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Mycteroperca is a genus of fish
in the family Serranidae
, subfamily Epinephelinae (groupers).
It contains the following species:
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the family Serranidae
Serranidae
Serranidae is a large family of fishes, belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species of serranids in 64 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers...
, subfamily Epinephelinae (groupers).
It contains the following species:
- Black grouperBlack grouperThe black grouper is one of the best known of the large group of Perciform fish called groupers.-Description:The black grouper is a large marine fish, growing up to 150 centimetres in length and 100 kilograms in weight. It has an olive or gray body, with black blotches and brassy spots...
(Mycteroperca bonaci) - Venezuelan grouperVenezuelan grouperThe Venezuelan grouper is a species of fish in the Serranidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela.-Source:* Acero, A. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
(Mycteroperca cidi) - Gulf grouperGulf grouperThe gulf grouper is a species of fish in the Serranidae family. It is endemic to Mexico.-Source:* Roberts, C. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
(Mycteroperca jordani) - Gag grouperGag grouperThe gag grouper is a drab, mottled gray fish lacking the distinguishing features of other groupers. It has a pattern of markings which resemble the box-shaped spots of the black grouper. It lacks the streamer-points on the tail fin that scamp and yellowmouth grouper The gag grouper (Mycteroperca...
(Mycteroperca microlepis) - Sailfin grouperSailfin grouperThe sailfin grouper is a species of fish in the Serranidae family. It is endemic to Ecuador.-Source:* Roberts, C. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
(Mycteroperca olfax) - Sawtail grouperSawtail grouperThe sawtail grouper is a species of fish in the Serranidae family. It is endemic to Mexico.-Source:* Roberts, C. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
(Mycteroperca prionura) - Leopard grouper (Mycteroperca rosacea)
- Mottled grouperMottled grouperThe mottled grouper is a species of fish in the Serranidae family. It is found in Albania, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia,...
(Mycteroperca rubra) - Tiger grouperTiger grouperThe tiger grouper is a species of fish in the Serranidae family. The grouper has a tapered body, often reddish, with vertical stripes on its sites. Young individuals have a yellow colour. This fish lives in sheltered reef areas...
(Mycteroperca tigris) - Broomtail grouper (Mycteroperca xenarcha)
- Yellowfin grouperYellowfin grouperThe yellowfin grouper is a coral reef fish native to the western Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. It is generally a denizen of the deeper reef areas but it may venture into shallower waters, especially during the cooler seasons.The fish is variable in color but is usually similar in...
(Mycteroperca venenosa) - Scamp grouperScamp grouperThe scamp is a protogynous grouper also known as Brown Grouper or Abadejo. It is normally found in reef over ledges and high-relief rocky bottoms in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and at low-profile bottoms at depths of 30 to 100 m in North Carolina. Juveniles can be found as high north as...
(Mycteroperca phenax)