western comb grouper

Mycteroperca acutirostris

Eighty Centimeters Seabass of the Atlantic Ocean

western comb grouper is a marine fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits reef habitat. The largest recorded length is 80 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Epinephelidae
Genus: Mycteroperca
Maximum length: 80 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and northwestern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Report of this species (as Serranus acutirostris ) from the Canary Islands is probably a misidentification of Mycteroperca fusca .
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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