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
The gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis)
The gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis) ©  | Dreamstime.com
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(Epinephelus itajara)
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