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Definition of Mycteroperca
1. Noun. Groupers.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Serranidae, Serranidae
Member holonyms: Jewfish, Mycteroperca Bonaci
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mycteroperca
Literary usage of Mycteroperca
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"THE YELLOW-FINKED GROUPER (mycteroperca venenosa) This grouper was first noticed
by Catesby, in 1743, from the Bahamas, and was named by Linnaeus, in 1758, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1898)
"mycteroperca bonaci (Poey). Marbled Rook Fish. ... mycteroperca bonaci, Jordan &
Evermann, Fishes of North America, 1174. Two specimens 10 in. long; ..."
3. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"A more strongly marked case, probably of earlier origin, is seen in several West
Indian species of grouper or sea bass, belonging to the genus mycteroperca. ..."
4. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Genus mycteroperca Gill. Groupers. This genus contains many species of tropical
marine food-fishes, mostly of large size, similar to Epinephelus but ..."
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