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Epinephelidae
scamp
Mycteroperca phenax
One Hundred Seven Centimeters Epinephelid Fish of Mexican Waters
scamp is a marine fish found around Western Central Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 107 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Mycteroperca
- Maximum length
- 107 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and east coast of US from North Carolina to Key West and along the southern shore of the Caribbean Sea. Juveniles are occasionally found as far north as Massachusetts.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient

