Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Perciformes > Family Serranidae > Subfamily Epinephelinae > Genus Mycteroperca

Mycteroperca phenax Jordan & Swain, 1884

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mycteroperca*	Gill, 1863	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Spanish, Castillian: abadejo garropa

Literature

basis of record	Robins, C.R., G.C. Ray, J. Douglass and R. Freund. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 354 p.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
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.
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Fishbase

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
FishBase
GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Mycteroperca phenax Jordan & Swain, 1884. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159233