Mycteroperca tigris Tiger Grouper

Mycteroperca tigris is commonly referred to as Tiger Grouper. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

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Scientific:: Mycteroperca tigris
German:: Tiger-Zackenbarsch
English:: Tiger Grouper

Category:: Groupers

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Mycteroperca (Genus) > tigris (Species)
Initial determination:: (Valenciennes, ), 1833

Occurrence:: Guadeloupe, Suriname, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Moluccas, Nicaragua, Papua, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S.
Size:: up to 39.37" (100 cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C)
Food:: Clams, Fish (little fishes), Jackfish, Lobster, Rock lobster
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2011-01-02 19:43:56
Last edit:: 2011-01-02 19:43:56

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(Valenciennes, 1833)

Mycteroperca tigris, also known as Tiger Grouper, a moderate-sized serranid found in Bermuda, southern Florida, the western Gulf of Mexico, and throughout the West Indies to northern South America. Usually seen between 10 and 40 metres.

Synonyms:
Mycteroperca hopkinsi Jordan & Rutter, 1897
Serranus camelopardalis Poey, 1860
Serranus felinus Poey, 1860
Serranus repandus Poey, 1860
Serranus rivulatus Poey, 1860
Serranus tigris Valenciennes, 1833
Trisotropis reticulatus Gill, 1865

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Serranidae (Family) > Epinephelinae (Subfamily) > Mycteroperca (Genus) > Mycteroperca tigris (Species)

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External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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