Mycteroperca phenax Scamp

Mycteroperca phenaxis commonly referred to as Scamp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Jim Garin, USA

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lexID:: 9735
AphiaID:: 159233

Scientific:: Mycteroperca phenax
German:: Zackenbarsch
English:: Scamp

Category:: Groupers

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Mycteroperca (Genus) > phenax (Species)
Initial determination:: Jordan & Swain, 1884

Occurrence:: Guadeloupe, Aruba, Azores, Belize, Columbia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, The Bahamas, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela
Size:: 11.81" - 42.13" (30cm - 107cm)
Temperature:: °F - 26,0 °F (°C - 26,0°C)
Food:: Fish (little fishes), Predatory
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Mycteroperca acutirostris
Zackenbarsch
Mycteroperca bonaci
Schwarzer Zackenbarsch
Mycteroperca cidi
Mycteroperca fusca
Makronesen-Zackenbarsch
Mycteroperca interstitialis
Gelbmaul-Zackenbarsch
Mycteroperca jordani
Mycteroperca microlepis
Mycteroperca olfax
Mycteroperca phenax
Zackenbarsch
Mycteroperca prionura
Prionura-Zackenbarsch
Mycteroperca rosacea
Leopardzackenbarsch
Mycteroperca rubra
Mycteroperca tigris
Tiger-Zackenbarsch
Mycteroperca venenosa
Leoparden-Zackenbarsch
Mycteroperca xenarcha
Besenschwanz-Zackenbarsch, Mangroven-Zackenbarsch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-05-25 19:16:19
Last edit:: 2016-05-25 19:16:19

Info

Jordan & Swain, 1884

Synonyms:
Labrus guaza Löfling, 1758
Labrus guaza Linnaeus, 1758
Labrus gvaza Linnaeus, 1758
Mycteroperca falcata phenax Jordan & Swain, 1884

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 phenax (Species)

Scientific paper

Some gonad-infecting species ofPhilometra(Nematoda, Philometridae) from offshore fishes of South Carolina and Georgia, USA, includingPhilometra charlestonensissp. nov. from the scampMycteroperca phenax, František Moravec; Isaure de Buron; Tiffany G. Baker; David González-Solís, 2008
Population genetic analysis of red grouper,Epinephelus morio, and scamp,Mycteroperca phenax, from the southeastern U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, M. S. Zatcoff; A. O. Ball; G. R. Sedberry, 2004

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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