Species details : Mycteroperca rubra (Bloch, 1793)

Accepted scientific name:
Mycteroperca rubra (Bloch, 1793) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Mycteroperca rubra  (Bloch, 1793)
Synonyms:
Cerna macrogenis Sassi, 1846 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Cerna macrogenis Sassi, 1846
Epinephelus acutirostris (non Valenciennes, 1828) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Epinephelus acutirostris (non Valenciennes, 1828)
Epinephelus ruber Bloch, 1793 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Epinephelus ruber Bloch, 1793
Mycteroperca scirenga (Rafinesque, 1810) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Mycteroperca scirenga (Rafinesque, 1810)
Parepinephelus acutirostris (non Valenciennes, 1828) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Parepinephelus acutirostris (non Valenciennes, 1828)
Serranus acutirostris (non Valenciennes, 1828) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Serranus acutirostris (non Valenciennes, 1828)
Serranus armatus Osório, 1893 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Serranus armatus Osório, 1893
Serranus emarginatus Valenciennes, 1843 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Serranus emarginatus Valenciennes, 1843
Serranus fuscus (non Lowe, 1838) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Serranus fuscus (non Lowe, 1838)
Serranus nebulosus Cocco, 1833 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Serranus nebulosus Cocco, 1833
Serranus simonyi (non Steindachner, 1891) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Serranus simonyi (non Steindachner, 1891)
Serranus tinca Cantraine, 1833 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Serranus tinca Cantraine, 1833
Serranus undulosus (non Valenciennes, 1828) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Serranus undulosus (non Valenciennes, 1828)
Sparus scirenga Rafinesque, 1810 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Sparus scirenga Rafinesque, 1810
Trisotropis acutirostris (non Valenciennes, 1828) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Trisotropis acutirostris (non Valenciennes, 1828)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Dooth yahudi - Arabic Libya Click here to show the literature
 reference
Louqous Ramly - Arabic Lebanon Click here to show the literature
 reference
لُؤز مُبقَّع بالأحمر - Arabic - Click here to show the literature
 reference
ﻱﺩﻮﻫﻳ ﺙﻭﺩ - Arabic Libya Click here to show the literature
 reference
Badejo - Creole, Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
 reference
Garoupa-chumbo - Creole, Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
 reference
Comb grouper - English Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
 reference
Comb grouper - English Jamaica(Discovery Bay) Click here to show the literature
 reference
Comb grouper - English USA Click here to show the literature
 reference
Grouper - English USA Click here to show the literature
 reference
Mottled grouper - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
 reference
Rockfish - English Jamaica(Discovery Bay) Click here to show the literature
 reference
Toboko - Fon GBE Benin Click here to show the literature
 reference
Badèche peigne - French Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
 reference
Badèche rouge - French France Click here to show the literature
 reference
Mérou royal - French France Click here to show the literature
 reference
Cernia di fondo - Italian Italy(Viareggio.) Click here to show the literature
 reference
Cernia rossa - Italian Italy Click here to show the literature
 reference
Cirenga - Italian Italy(Messina and Sicilia.) Click here to show the literature
 reference
Sciaragno boccaccia - Italian Italy(Genova.) Click here to show the literature
 reference
Sciaranna boccaccia - Italian Italy(Genova.) Click here to show the literature
 reference
Scirenga - Italian Italy(Sicilia.) Click here to show the literature
 reference
Scirenga mazzarotte - Italian Italy(Sicilia.) Click here to show the literature
 reference
Tenca - Italian Italy(Messina and Sicilia.) Click here to show the literature
 reference
Cerna - Maltese Malta Click here to show the literature
 reference
Cerna denbha dritt - Maltese Malta Click here to show the literature
 reference
云纹喙鲈 - Mandarin Chinese - Click here to show the literature
 reference
云纹喙鲈 Yun wen hui lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
 reference
雲紋喙鱸 Yun wun huei lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
 reference
Piga - Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
 reference
Πίγκα Pigka Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
 reference
Perka rdzawa - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
 reference
Badejete - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
 reference
Badejo - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
 reference
Badejo - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
 reference
Badejo-mira - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
 reference
Badejo-quadrado - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
 reference
Garoupa - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
 reference
Garoupa-chumbo - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
 reference
Garoupa-chumbo - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
 reference
Garoupa-chumbo - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
 reference
Mira - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
 reference
Serigado-tapoã - Portuguese Brazil(Pernambuco) Click here to show the literature
 reference
Abade - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
 reference
Cuna negra - Spanish Nicaragua Click here to show the literature
 reference
Cuna negra - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
 reference
Gitano - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
 reference
Mero - Spanish Dominican Rp Click here to show the literature
 reference
Orfoz balığı - Turkish Turkey Click here to show the literature
 reference
Taşhanisi balığı - Turkish Turkey Click here to show the literature
 reference
Gejj - Wolof Senegal Click here to show the literature
 reference
Yatant - Wolof Senegal Click here to show the literature
 reference
Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Serranidae FishBase
Genus Mycteroperca FishBase
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to southern Angola; reports from islands require confirmation. Specimens from Madeira, Azores, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde have been examined by Heemstra (1991, Ref. 6512) and are identified to be Mycteroperca fusca. Replaced by Mycteroperca acutirostris in the western Atlantic.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=1214
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd9a3caa-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401