Species FAO code: MKR

Mycteroperca rosacea

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Portugal	pt Garoupa	–

Main production methods

Caught

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Mycteroperca rosacea (Streets, 1877)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

List item: Pacific, Eastern Central

Area 77 - Pacific, Eastern Central

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Mycteroperca rosacea (Streets, 1877)

Distribution maps

Source: Aquamaps - Computer Generated Native Distribution Map for Mycteroperca rosacea

Scientific name

Mycteroperca rosacea

Author

(Streets, 1877)

Rank

Species

FAO code

MKR

Morphological description

Distinguished by the following characteristics: greenish to greyish brown body color with small reddish brown spots and irregular pale spots and lines; fins with white margins; small portion of population exhibit xanthic pattern which is entirely bright yellow-orange, sometimes with few irregular black spots; depth of body contained 2.7-3.1 times in SL; head length 2.6-2.8 times in SL; angle of preopercle in adults with weakly-developed serrate lobe; posterior nostrils of large adults 2-3 times larger than anterior ones (Ref. 89707).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilySerranidae
    - GenusMycteroperca
      - SpeciesMycteroperca rosacea

Synonyms

Mycteroperca pardalis Gilbert, 1892
Epinephelus rosacea Streets, 1877

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Mycteroperca rosacea (Streets, 1877)

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