Mycteroperca interstitialis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Mycteroperca
- Species
- Mycteroperca interstitialis
- Scientific Name
- Mycteroperca interstitialis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Mycteroperca interstitialis
The yellowmouth grouper (Mycteroperca interstitialis), also known as the crossband rockfish, grey mannock, hamlet, harlequin rockfish, princess rockfish, rockfish, salmon grouper, salmon rock fish or scamp, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It is found in the Caribbean and in the tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean. It is also found in pockets in Brazil. It is a fairly large fish and it gets its name from the yellow around its mouth.
...Mycteroperca interstitialis in languages:
- Chinese
- 黃嘴喙鱸
- Czech
- kanic žlutoústý
- Danish
- Gulmundet havaborre
- English
- Yellowmouth Grouper
- English
- rockfish
- French
- Vieille à gueule jaune
- Portuguese
- Serigado
- Portuguese
- Sirigado
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Mycteroperca acutirostris
- Mycteroperca bonaci
- Mycteroperca cidi
- Mycteroperca fusca
- Mycteroperca interstitialis
- Mycteroperca jordani
- Mycteroperca microlepis
- Mycteroperca olfax
- Mycteroperca phenax
- Mycteroperca prionura
- Mycteroperca profundorum
- Mycteroperca rosacea
- Mycteroperca rubra
- Mycteroperca tigris
- Mycteroperca venenosa
- Mycteroperca xenarcha



































