Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Perciformes > Suborder Percoidei > Family Epinephelidae > Genus Mycteroperca

Mycteroperca phenax Jordan & Swain, 1884

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mycteroperca*	Gill, 1862	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: scamp sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

Spanish, Castillian: abadejo garropa

Literature

original description	Jordan, D. S.; Swain, J. (1884). A review of the American species of Epinephelus and related genera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. v. 7 (no. 447): 358-410.
basis of record	Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 1-354.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Mycteroperca phenax, USA, by Cox, C.D.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mycteroperca phenax Jordan & Swain, 1884. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159233