SCAMP

Mycteroperca phenax

English: Scamp, Brown Grouper, Broomtail Grouper
Spanish: Abadejo

Color light gray or brown; large adults with elongated caudal-fin rays; reddish-brown spots on sides that tend to be grouped into lines; some yellow around corners of mouth.

Commonly, the scamp is 30.0 cm long with which makes it a relatively small member of the groupers but a specimen has been reported at 107 cm.

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