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Bony fish

Scamp

Mycteroperca phenax

Also known as: Brown Grouper, Scamp Grouper

Adult
@slapshot62 · florida, United States · December 20171 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, or in spawning schools, over various substrates and depths, usually depending on water temperature.

Groupers are solitary carnivores that hunt near the bottom usually at dusk. Food is drawn into their mouths by a powerful suction when they open their overly large mouths and then swallowed whole.
Spawning is seasonal and controlled by the moons phase.

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Central Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found singly, or in spawning schools, over various substrates and depths, usually depending on water temperature.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyEpinephelidae
    6. genusMycteroperca
    7. speciesMycteroperca phenax Jordan & Swain, 1884

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    More in the family

    Groupers (Epinephelidae)