Sealife guideThe gag grouperMycteroperca microlepis

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
The gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis)
The gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis) ©  | Dreamstime.com
Within the same family
Atlantic creolefish (Paranthias furcifer)
Atlantic creolefish
(Paranthias furcifer)
Coney (Cephalopholis fulva)
Coney
(Cephalopholis fulva)
Greasy grouper (Epinephelus tauvina)
Greasy grouper
(Epinephelus tauvina)
Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus)
Malabar grouper
(Epinephelus malabaricus)
Brown-marbled grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)
Brown-marbled grouper
(Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)
Red grouper (Epinephelus morio)
Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)
Tomato grouper (Cephalopholis sonnerati)
Tomato grouper
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)
Halfspotted grouper (Cephalopholis hemistiktos)
Halfspotted grouper
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)
Explore also
False leopard wrasse (Macropharyngodon ornatus)
False leopard wrasse
(Macropharyngodon ornatus)
European flounder (Platichthys flesus)
European flounder
(Platichthys flesus)
Filamented goby (Exyrias akihito)
Filamented goby
(Exyrias akihito)
Neon goby (Elacatinus oceanops)
Neon goby
(Elacatinus oceanops)
Lipspot moray (Gymnothorax chilospilus)
Lipspot moray
(Gymnothorax chilospilus)
Bluetail unicornfish (Naso caeruleacauda)
Bluetail unicornfish
(Naso caeruleacauda)
Yellow blotch angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus)
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(Pomacanthus maculosus)
Striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus)
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(Antennarius striatus)
The marine species from Caribbean sea
Atlantic bigeye (Priacanthus arenatus)
Atlantic bigeye
(Priacanthus arenatus)
Blackbar soldierfish (Myripristis jacobus)
Blackbar soldierfish
(Myripristis jacobus)
Checkered puffer (Sphoeroides testudineus)
Checkered puffer
(Sphoeroides testudineus)
Giant caribbean anemone (Condylactis gigantea)
Giant caribbean anemone
(Condylactis gigantea)
Labyrinthine brain coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis)
Labyrinthine brain coral
(Diploria labyrinthiformis)
Longsnout seahorse (Hippocampus reidi)
Longsnout seahorse
(Hippocampus reidi)
Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus)
Nassau grouper
(Epinephelus striatus)
White grunt (Haemulon plumierii)
White grunt
(Haemulon plumierii)
Dive centers
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'Les Ilets' dive center
Noa Plongée
Noa dive center
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