black grouper
Mycteroperca bonaci (Poey, 1860)
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
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Mycteroperca bonaci; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:32:39.828137+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Mycteroperca bonaci (Poey, 1860)
- Name authority
- (Poey, 1860)
- Common name
- black 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 bonaci (Poey, 1860)
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 |
| sawtail grouperMycteroperca prionura Rosenblatt & Zahuranec, 1967 | 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 |
| Mycteroperca profundorum Cervigón, 2011 | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Serranus cyclopomatus Poey, 1861 Poey, 1861 | synonym |
| Serranus latepictus Poey, 1861 Poey, 1861 | synonym |
| Trisotropis aguaji Poey, 1867 Poey, 1867 | synonym |
| Mycleroperca bonaci | synonym |
| Serranus arara (Parra, 1787) (Parra, 1787) | ambiguous synonym |
| Mycteroperca bonaci xanthosticta Jordan & Swain, 1885 Jordan & Swain, 1885 | synonym |
| Serranus bonaci Poey, 1860 Poey, 1860 | synonym |
| Serranus brunneus Poey, 1860 Poey, 1860 | synonym |
| Serranus decimalis Poey, 1860 Poey, 1860 | synonym |
| Mycteroperca bonaci var. xanthosticta Jordan & Swain, 1885 Jordan & Swain, 1885 | synonym |
| Mycleroperca bonaci xanthastica Jordan & Swain, 1885 Jordan & Swain, 1885 | synonym |
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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159231 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:73RZW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.