Mycteroperca bonaci

Mycteroperca bonaci
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Epinephelidae
Genus: Mycteroperca
Species:
M. bonaci
Binomial name
Mycteroperca bonaci
Poey, 1860
Synonyms
  • Bonaci arara Parra, 1787
  • Serranus bonaci Poey, 1860
  • Serranus brunneus Poey, 1860
  • Serranus decimalis Poey, 1860
  • Serranus arara Storer, 1860
  • Serranus cyclopomatus Poey, 1861
  • Serranus latepictus Poey, 1861
  • Trisotropis aguaji Poey, 1867
  • Mycteroperca bonaci var. xanthosticta Jordan & Swain, 1885

Mycteroperca bonaci, the black grouper, black rockfish or marbled rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. Other fish are sometimes called the black grouper including the similar gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis), the misty grouper (Hyporthodus mystacinus), and the warsaw grouper (Hyporthodus nigritus). This species is found in the western Atlantic Ocean from the northeastern United States to Brazil.