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Epinephelidae
gag
Mycteroperca microlepis
Males display black belly and back
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Fusiform
Largegag is a fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits estuaries and brackish water. Records give a maximum length of 145 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Mycteroperca
- Maximum length
- 145 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA (with juveniles occurring as far north as Massachusetts) to the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Rare in Bermuda; one record in Cuba; also reported from eastern Brazil.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Family
Conservation status
