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Yellowmouth Grouper

Mycteroperca interstitialis

Also known as: Blake, Cod, Crossband Rockfish, Grey Mannock, Hamlet, Harlequin Rockfish, Hind, Princess Rockfish, Rockcod, Rockfish, Salmon Grouper, Salmon Rockfish, Scamp, Trout, Yellowfin Grouper

VUVulnerableIUCN Red List, 2018
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
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@JolineCuracao · Curacao, Curaçao · April 20181 / 2

Showing details for the juvenile stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.

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Overview

Juvenile colours mimic the juvenile clown wrasse.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
mimicsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
  • Country only · 2
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 2

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    ALL STAGES
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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusMycteroperca
    7. speciesMycteroperca interstitialis (Poey, 1860)

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