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Misty grouper (Hyporthodus mystacinus)
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Misty grouper (Hyporthodus mystacinus) specimen
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Epinephelidae

Misty grouper

Hyporthodus mystacinus

Fish Reaching One Hundred Sixty Centimeters in Mexican Waters

  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Large

Misty grouper is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Maximum length
160 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, North Carolina (USA), Florida (USA), Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, Cuba, Yucatan (Mexico), Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Leeward islands to Trinidad. Eastern Pacific: Galapagos Islands.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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