WoRMS taxon details
Mycteroperca acutirostris (Valenciennes, 1828)
273876 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273876)
accepted
Species
Epinephelus chalinius Cope, 1871 · unaccepted
Epinephelus cuvieri Bleeker, 1874 · unaccepted
Epinephelus undulosus (Valenciennes, 1828) · unaccepted
Serranus acutirostris Valenciennes, 1828 · unaccepted
Serranus undulosus Valenciennes, 1828 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Serranus acutirostris Valenciennes, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mycteroperca acutirostris (Valenciennes, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273876 on 2025-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Epinephelus chalinius Cope, 1871) Cope, E. D. (1871). Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445-483.
page(s): 465 [details]
original description (of Epinephelus cuvieri Bleeker, 1874) Bleeker, P. (1874). Poissons de Madagascar et de l'île la Réunion des collections de MM. Pollen et van Dam. <em>In: Recherches sur la faune de Madagascar et de ses dépendances d'après les découvertes de François P. L. Pollen et D. C. van Dam. 4e partie. E. J. Brill, Leide [Leiden]. Poissons de Madagascar et de l'Ile la Réunion.</em> Part 4: 1-104 + 2 p. index.
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Serranus acutirostris Valenciennes, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40. [details]
original description (of Serranus undulosus Valenciennes, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40. [details]
page(s): 465 [details]
original description (of Epinephelus cuvieri Bleeker, 1874) Bleeker, P. (1874). Poissons de Madagascar et de l'île la Réunion des collections de MM. Pollen et van Dam. <em>In: Recherches sur la faune de Madagascar et de ses dépendances d'après les découvertes de François P. L. Pollen et D. C. van Dam. 4e partie. E. J. Brill, Leide [Leiden]. Poissons de Madagascar et de l'Ile la Réunion.</em> Part 4: 1-104 + 2 p. index.
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Serranus acutirostris Valenciennes, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40. [details]
original description (of Serranus undulosus Valenciennes, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | western comb grouperwavy-lined grouper [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | cherna peineta | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes) (from synonym Epinephelus undulosus (Valenciennes, 1828))
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus undulosus (Valenciennes, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus cuvieri Bleeker, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Serranus undulosus Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Serranus acutirostris Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus chalinius Cope, 1871)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus undulosus) (from synonym Epinephelus undulosus (Valenciennes, 1828))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mycteroperca acutirostris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus undulosus (Valenciennes, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus cuvieri Bleeker, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus chalinius Cope, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus acutirostris Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus undulosus Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase images (Mycteroperca acutirostris, Brazil, by Bertoncini, A.A.)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Serranus acutirostris Valenciennes, 1828)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus undulosus (Valenciennes, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus cuvieri Bleeker, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Serranus undulosus Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Serranus acutirostris Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus chalinius Cope, 1871)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus undulosus) (from synonym Epinephelus undulosus (Valenciennes, 1828))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mycteroperca acutirostris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus undulosus (Valenciennes, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus cuvieri Bleeker, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus chalinius Cope, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus acutirostris Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus undulosus Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase images (Mycteroperca acutirostris, Brazil, by Bertoncini, A.A.)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Serranus acutirostris Valenciennes, 1828)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
