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Mycteroperca bonaci (Rockfish; Marbled rockfish; Bonaeci arara; Black rockfish; Black grouper; Black gouper)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) is one of the best known of the large group of perciform fish called groupers. Other common names include black rockfish, bonaeci arara, and marbled rockfish. Other fish are sometimes called the black grouper including the similar gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis), the misty grouper (Epinephelus mystacinus), and the critically endangered Warsaw grouper (Epinephelus nigritus).
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Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Fistularia tabacaria (Bluespotted Cornetfish)[1]
Haemulon flavolineatum (Yellow grunt)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Aulostomus maculatus (Trumpetfish)1
Epinephelus striatus (Striped weakfish)1
Lutjanus analis (Virgin snapper)1
Mycteroperca venenosa (Yellow-finned grouper)1

Predators

Mycteroperca venenosa (Yellow-finned grouper)[2]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0