Sealife guideThe gag grouperMycteroperca microlepis
Last updated on 06/10/2024 at 11:44 PM
Taxonomy
- Common name: Gag grouper, gag, finescale rockfish
- French name: Badèche baillou
- Spanish name: Cuna aguají,abadejo
- Scientific name: Mycteroperca microlepis (Goode & Bean, 1879)
- Family name: Epinephelidae
- Order name: Perciformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
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