broomtail grouper

Mycteroperca xenarcha

Seabass from Sixty Meters

Tropical
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
North America
South America
Fusiform
Large
Tropical fish

broomtail grouper is known around Eastern Central Pacific as a fish; It occurs in estuaries and brackish water, and records give a maximum length of 150 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Epinephelidae
Genus: Mycteroperca
Maximum length: 150 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Central Pacific: San Francisco Bay, California, USA to Peru and the Galapagos Islands.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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