sawtail grouper
Mycteroperca prionura Rosenblatt & Zahuranec, 1967
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The sawtail grouper (Mycteroperca prionura) 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. It is endemic to the western coasts of Mexico. The sawtail grouper commonly lives on fields of large boulders with gorgonians and black corals.
Wikipedia contributors, Sawtail grouper; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:08:36.907315+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Mycteroperca prionura Rosenblatt & Zahuranec, 1967
- Name authority
- Rosenblatt & Zahuranec, 1967
- Common name
- sawtail grouper
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Mycteroperca
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderPercoidei
- familyEpinephelidae Bleeker, 1874
- genusMycteroperca Gill, 1862
- speciesMycteroperca prionura Rosenblatt & Zahuranec, 1967
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Mycteroperca. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| western comb grouperMycteroperca acutirostris (Valenciennes, 1828) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mycteroperca fusca (Lowe, 1838) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| monkeyMycteroperca interstitialis (Poey, 1860) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gulf grouperMycteroperca jordani (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| finescale rockfishMycteroperca microlepis (Goode & Bean, 1879) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mycteroperca olfax (Jenyns, 1840) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| gag rockfishMycteroperca tigris (Valenciennes, 1833) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| princess rockfishMycteroperca venenosa (Linnaeus, 1758) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| broomtail grouperMycteroperca xenarcha Jordan, 1888 | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| leopard grouperMycteroperca rosacea (Streets, 1877) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| black grouperMycteroperca bonaci (Poey, 1860) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mycteroperca profundorum Cervigón, 2011 | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Rosenblatt, R. H., & Zahuranec, B. J. (1967). The eastern Pacific groupers of the genus Mycteroperca, including a new species. California Fish and Game, 53 (4): 228–245. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:44ZPC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.