Definition of Mycteroperca

1. Noun. Groupers.

Exact synonyms: Genus Mycteroperca
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Serranidae, Serranidae
Member holonyms: Jewfish, Mycteroperca Bonaci

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mycteroperca

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
Mycoplasma hyorhinis
Mycoplasma hyosynoviae
Mycoplasma laidlawii
Mycoplasma meleagridis
Mycoplasma neurolyticum
Mycoplasma orale
Mycoplasma pharyngis
Mycoplasma salivarium
Mycoplasma synoviae
Mycostatin
Mycroft Holmes
Mycrosporidia
Mycteria
Mycteria americana
Mycteroperca (current term)
Mycteroperca bonaci
Myctophidae
Myerscough
Myfanwy
Mykolaiv
Mykonos
Mylanta
Mylar
Myles
Myles Standish
Myliobatidae
Mylitta
Mylodontidae
Mymensingh District

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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