Mottled grouper
The mottled grouper (Mycteroperca rubra) is a species of fish in the family Serranidae.[2] It is found in Albania, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, and Western Sahara.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Genus: | Mycteroperca |
| Species: | M. rubra |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycteroperca rubra (Bloch, 1793) | |
Parasites
As most fish, the mottled grouper harbours a variety of parasites. These include the diplectanid monogenean Pseudorhabdosynochus regius on the gills [4] and the philometrid nematode Philometra inexpectatata in the gonad.[3]
References
- Rocha, L.; Ferreira, B.; Choat, J.H.; Craig, M.T.; Sadovy, Y. & Bertoncini, A.A. (2008). "Mycteroperca rubra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T14054A4387820. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T14054A4387820.en.
- Huntsman, G. 1996. Mycteroperca rubra. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
- Moravec, František; Chaabane, Amira; Justine, Jean-Lou; Neifar, Lassad (2016). "Two gonad-infecting species of Philometra (Nematoda: Philometridae) from groupers (Serranidae) off Tunisia, with a key to Philometra species infecting serranid gonads". Parasite. 23: 8. doi:10.1051/parasite/2016008. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 4783587. PMID 26956219.
- Chaabane, Amira; Neifar, Lassad; Justine, Jean-Lou (2015). "Pseudorhabdosynochus regius n. sp. (Monogenea, Diplectanidae) from the mottled grouper Mycteroperca rubra (Teleostei) in the Mediterranean Sea and Eastern Atlantic". Parasite. 22: 9. doi:10.1051/parasite/2015005. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 4325681. PMID 25674913.