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Misty Grouper
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Misty Grouper

Hyporthodus mystacinus (Poey, 1852)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishMisty Grouper
Dutch—
SpanishMero listado
Chinese厚唇下美鮨
Scientific nameHyporthodus mystacinus (Poey, 1852)

About this species

Hyporthodus mystacinus, the misty grouper, black grouper, convict grouper, eightbar grouper or moustache grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It is primarily found in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico with populations present around the Galapagos Islands and Central American coastlines.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderPerciformes
FamilySerranidae
GenusHyporthodus

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