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View Mode View All Pictures Species Mycteroperca acutirostris (Valenciennes 1828)    Mycteroperca acutirostris was originally described as Serranus acutirostris by Valenciennes in 1828. It belongs to the family Serranidae and subfamily Epinephelinae. It is commonly known as Comb grouper but has many other common names such as western comb grouper in USA (contiguous states), Badejo-mira in Brazil, Badèche peigne in France, Cuna negra in Spain, Comb grouper in United Kingdom. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Western Atlantic: Bermuda, western Gulf of Mexico, Cuba to Leeward Islands, southern Caribbean; population off southern Brazil.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   acutirostris AuthorWI   Valenciennes [A.] AuthorNI   Valenciennes Qualification   in Cuvier & Valenciennes Year   1828 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Perciformes Perciformes Family   Serranidae Subfamily   Epinephelinae Epinephelinae Genus   Mycteroperca Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Perciformes Family   Serranidae Subfamily   Epinephelinae Genus   Mycteroperca Original Name   Serranus         Taxon Name   acutirostris Original Combination   Serranus acutirostris Original Genus   Serranus Original Genus Species   Serranus acutirostris OriginalSubGenus   Serranus Original Author   Valenciennes Original AuthorWI   Valenciennes [A.] Original Qualification   in Cuvier & Valenciennes Original Year   1828 Original Family   Serranidae Original SubFamily   Epinephelinae Original Level   species Type Locality   Brazil. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:23 [ref. 19232] as holotype and paratype. Primary Code   --- Page   286 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Original QualificationSS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Mycteroperca acutirostris Current Species   acutirostris Current Genus Mycteroperca Current AuthorWI Valenciennes [A.] Current AuthorNI   Valenciennes Current Year   1828 Current Family Serranidae Current Subfamily Epinephelinae Epinephelinae Habitat reef-associated         Water Salt water Depth Range From 3 to 40 meters.     Distribution Western Atlantic: Bermuda, western Gulf of Mexico, Cuba to Leeward Islands, southern Caribbean; population off southern Brazil. Current Summary   Valid as Mycteroperca acutirostris  (Valenciennes 1828). Serranidae: Epinephelinae.   Name History   • Synonym of Mycteroperca rubra  (Bloch 1793) -- (Tortonese 1973:360 [ref. 7192], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:787 [ref. 13676], Smith 1990:701 [ref. 18227]). • Valid as Mycteroperca acutirostris  (Valenciennes 1828) -- (Heemstra & Randall 1993:261 [ref. 21042], Grace et al. 1994:33 [ref. 25512], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:213 [ref. 25013], Collette et al. 2003:107 [ref. 26784], Heemstra et al. 2003:1353 [ref. 27060], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:76 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:128 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:165 [ref. 28815], Craig et al. 2011:291 [ref. 31786], Page et al. 2013:130 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:41 [ref. 33341]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 3 (60 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]23 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   aguaji Mycteroperca aguaji (Poey [F.] 1867) Synonym apua Mycteroperca apua (Bloch [M. E.] 1790) Synonym armatus Mycteroperca armatus (Osório [B.] 1893) Synonym bonaci Mycteroperca bonaci (Poey [F.] 1860) Valid bonaci xanthosticta Mycteroperca bonaci xanthosticta Jordan [D. S.] & Swain [J.] 1884 Synonym boulengeri Mycteroperca boulengeri Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] in Jordan 1895 Synonym bowersi Mycteroperca bowersi Evermann [B. W.] & Marsh [M. C.] 1900 Synonym brunneus Mycteroperca brunneus (Poey [F.] 1860) Synonym calliura Mycteroperca calliura Poey [F.] 1865 Synonym camelopardalis Mycteroperca camelopardalis (Poey [F.] 1860) Synonym cardinalis Mycteroperca cardinalis (Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828) Synonym chalinius Mycteroperca chalinius (Cope [E. D.] 1871) Synonym chlorostomus Mycteroperca chlorostomus (Poey [F.] 1867) Synonym cidi Mycteroperca cidi Cervigón [F.] 1966 Valid cuvieri Mycteroperca cuvieri (Bleeker [P.] 1874) Synonym cyclopomatus Mycteroperca cyclopomatus (Poey [F.] 1861) Synonym decimalis Mycteroperca decimalis (Poey [F.] 1860) Synonym dimidiata Mycteroperca dimidiata (Poey [F.] 1860) Synonym dimidiatus Mycteroperca dimidiatus (Poey [F.] 1860) Synonym emarginatus Mycteroperca emarginatus (Valenciennes [A.] 1843) Uncertain falcata Mycteroperca falcata (Poey [F.] 1860) Synonym falcata phenax Mycteroperca falcata phenax Jordan [D. S.] & Swain [J.] 1884 Valid falcatus Mycteroperca falcatus (Poey [F.] 1860) Synonym felinus Mycteroperca felinus (Poey [F.] 1860) Synonym fusca Mycteroperca fusca (Lowe [R. T.] 1838) Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 3 (60 items). 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