WoRMS taxon details
Mycteroperca tigris (Valenciennes, 1833)
273884 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273884)
accepted
Species
Mycteroperca hopkinsi Jordan & Rutter, 1897 · unaccepted
Serranus camelopardalis Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Serranus felinus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Serranus repandus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Serranus rivulatus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Serranus tigris Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted
Trisotropis reticulatus Gill, 1865 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Serranus tigris Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mycteroperca tigris (Valenciennes, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273884 on 2026-06-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mycteroperca hopkinsi Jordan & Rutter, 1897) Jordan, D. S.; Rutter, C. L. (1897). A collection of fishes made by Joseph Seed Roberts in Kingston, Jamaica. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 49: 91-133. [details]
original description (of Serranus tigris Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
original description (of Serranus tigris Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tiger groupergag rockfish | [details] |
| Japanese | シモフリハタ [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | cabrilla gato | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Serranus rivulatus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Serranus tigris Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mycteroperca hopkinsi Jordan & Rutter, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Trisotropis reticulatus Gill, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Serranus repandus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Serranus camelopardalis Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Serranus felinus Poey, 1860)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Serranus rivulatus Poey, 1860)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Tiger grouper)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Tiger grouper)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mycteroperca tigris)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus repandus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus felinus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus camelopardalis Poey, 1860)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mycteroperca hopkinsi Jordan & Rutter, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus tigris Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus rivulatus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Trisotropis reticulatus Gill, 1865)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Serranus tigris Valenciennes, 1833)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Serranus rivulatus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Serranus tigris Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mycteroperca hopkinsi Jordan & Rutter, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Trisotropis reticulatus Gill, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Serranus repandus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Serranus camelopardalis Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Serranus felinus Poey, 1860)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Serranus rivulatus Poey, 1860)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Tiger grouper)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Tiger grouper)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mycteroperca tigris)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus repandus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus felinus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus camelopardalis Poey, 1860)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mycteroperca hopkinsi Jordan & Rutter, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus tigris Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus rivulatus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Trisotropis reticulatus Gill, 1865)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Serranus tigris Valenciennes, 1833)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
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