Mycteroperca venenosa

Mycteroperca venenosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Serranidae
Subfamilia: Epinephelinae
Genus: Mycteroperca
Species: Mycteroperca venenosa

Name

Mycteroperca venenosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

• Bodianus apua Bloch, 1790
• Bodianus marginatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Johnius guttatus Bloch & Schneider (ex Parra), 1801
• Mycteroperca bowersi Evermann & Marsh, 1900
• Perca venenosa Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
• Serranus cardinalis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
• Serranus petrosus Poey, 1860
• Serranus rupestris Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833
• Trisotropis venenosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 292. Reference page. 

Links

• Mycteroperca venenosa in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Mycteroperca venenosa in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

• English: Yellowfin grouper