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Mycteroperca
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Epinephelidae
- Classification -
Epinephelidae
Perciformes/Serranoidei
Teleostei
Chordata
Animalia
Mycteroperca
microlepis
(Goode
&
Bean
, 1879)
Gag
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Mycteroperca microlepis
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United States (contiguous states) country information
Common names:
Charcoal belly
,
Gag
,
Grouper
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
marine
Abundance:
|
Ref:
Importance:
commercial
|
Ref:
Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993
Aquaculture:
|
Ref:
Regulations:
|
Ref:
Uses:
gamefish: yes;
Comments:
Juveniles occur as far as Massachusetts. One of the most important groupers in the sport and commercial fisheries of the southwest coast. An all-tackle record of 32.11 kg for this species, caught off Destin, Florida, was published in the 1990 World Record Game Fishes. Also Ref. 2176, 26280, 89707.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority:
http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences:
Occurrences
Point map
Main Ref:
Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993
National Database:
Common names from other countries
Badèche baillou
,
Cuna aguají
,
小鳞喙鲈
,
... more
Classification / Names
Populärnamn
|
synonymer
| Catalog of Fishes(
Släkte
,
Arter
) |
ITIS
|
CoL
|
WoRMS
|
Cloffa
>
Perciformes/Serranoidei
(Groupers) >
Epinephelidae
(Groupers)
Etymology:
Mycteroperca:
Greek, mykter, -eros = nose + Greek, perke = perch (Ref.
45335
)
.
More on authors:
Goode
&
Bean
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ekologi
marina
; brackvatten
revassocierade; havsvandrande (Ref.
51243
);
djupintervall
30 - 160 m (Ref.
89707
). Subtropical; 40°N - 27°S, 98°W - 38°W (Ref.
5222
)
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