Mycteroperca rosacea

Mycteroperca rosacea (leopard grouper) is a grouper from the Eastern Central Pacific that occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 86 cm in length.

Mycteroperca rosacea

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Mycteroperca
Species:
M. rosacea
Binomial name
Mycteroperca rosacea
(Streets, 1877)

References

  1. Erisman, B. & Craig, M.T. 2018. Mycteroperca rosacea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T14053A100466656. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T14053A100466656.en. Downloaded on 27 December 2018.


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