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Mycteroperca Gill, 1863 
AphiaID: 126069

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Epinephelinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Epinephelinae
Synonymised
taxa		  Trisotropis
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

basis of record (from synonym): FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Mycteroperca acutirostris (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Mycteroperca bonaci (Poey, 1860)
Species Mycteroperca cidi Cervigón, 1966
Species Mycteroperca fusca (Lowe, 1838)
Species Mycteroperca interstitialis (Poey, 1860)
Species Mycteroperca jordani (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)
Species Mycteroperca microlepis (Goode & Bean, 1879)
Species Mycteroperca olfax (Jenyns, 1840)
Species Mycteroperca phenax Jordan & Swain, 1884
Species Mycteroperca prionura Rosenblatt & Zahuranec, 1967
Species Mycteroperca rosacea (Streets, 1877)
Species Mycteroperca rubra (Bloch, 1793)
Species Mycteroperca tigris (Valenciennes, 1833)
Species Mycteroperca venenosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mycteroperca xenarcha Jordan, 1888

Species Mycteroperca boulengeri Jordan & Starks, 1895 accepted as Mycteroperca xenarcha Jordan, 1888
Species Mycteroperca bowersi Evermann & Marsh, 1900 accepted as Mycteroperca venenosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mycteroperca calliura Poey, 1865 accepted as Mycteroperca interstitialis (Poey, 1860)
Species Mycteroperca dimidiata (Poey, 1860) accepted as Mycteroperca interstitialis (Poey, 1860)
Species Mycteroperca falcata (Poey, 1860) accepted as Mycteroperca interstitialis (Poey, 1860)
Species Mycteroperca hopkinsi Jordan & Rutter, 1897 accepted as Mycteroperca tigris (Valenciennes, 1833)
Species Mycteroperca microlepsis (Goode & Bean, 1879) accepted as Mycteroperca microlepis (Goode & Bean, 1879)
Species Mycteroperca pardalis Gilbert, 1892 accepted as Mycteroperca rosacea (Streets, 1877)
Species Mycteroperca roquensis Martín Salazar, 1956 accepted as Mycteroperca interstitialis (Poey, 1860)
Species Mycteroperca scirenga (Rafinesque, 1810) accepted as Mycteroperca rubra (Bloch, 1793)
Species Mycteroperca venadorum Jordan & Starks, 1895 accepted as Mycteroperca jordani (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126069
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-25 06:54:45Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-01-04 15:09:25Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Mycteroperca Gill, 1863. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126069 on 2013-06-19
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