Species: Mycteroperca cidi, Venezuelan grouper
preopercle notched
D end angular
A end pointed
Mycteroperca cidi Cervigón, 1966
Venezuelan grouper
Body elongate, robust, compressed, depth at dorsal origin not greater than at anal origin; snout much longer than eye; in adult rear nostril distinctly larger than front nostril; lower jaw projecting; rear of top jaw exposed when mouth closed, without accessory bone above it; teeth depressible; canines at front of jaws; preopercle serrated, with a distinct lobe bearing larger serrae at corner; gill rakers, including rudiments, 9-13 + 18-23; dorsal fin with XI spines, indented between spines, 15-17 rays, rear edge angular in adult, with rays 9-11 elongated and uneven; anal fin with III spines, 10-12 rays, rays 4-6 elongated, lower rear edge pointed in adult; tail fin slightly concave; 75 scales on lateral line.
Adult: head and body grayish to pale brown, with a greenish tint, both with pale spots and blotches on upper parts; head with several dark stripes running back from eye to across operculum; soft dorsal and soft anal dark, with a thin white edge and a broad dark edge below that; pectoral yellow-grey; tail fin with a thin white rear edge and a dark bar in from that. Juvenile: greenish brown with irregular brown spots.
Reaches 114 cm.
Found on reefs and soft coral fields.
Depth range: 5-160 m, adults usually at > 80 m.
Colombia to Venezuela, rarely Jamaica.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Estuary
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Rocks
- Reef and soft bottom
- Corals
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent + Island (s)
- Continental primarily
- Extends South of GC
- Island (s)
- GC non-endemic
- Also in Brazil
- All species..
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 114
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 160
