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Species Name:    Mycteroperca phenax
Common Name:                      (Scamp)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Animalia Chordata Osteichthyes Perciformes Serranidae Mycteroperca


The Scamp, Mycteroperca phenax.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.
Species Name:
Mycteroperca phenax Jordan and Swain, 1885

Common Name:
Scamp

Synonymy:
Mycteroperca falcata