Status Review for Island Grouper (Mycteroperca fusca)
This report is the status review for the island grouper. This report summarizes the best available…
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Mycteroperca fusca
The island grouper is a shallow water fish that is found off the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores, and Cape Verde. The island grouper is listed as threatened throughout its range under the Endangered Species Act.
Kingdom | Animalia | Phylum | Chordata | Class | Actinopterygii | Order | Perciformes | Family | Epinephelidae | Genus | Mycteroperca | Species | fusca |
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The island grouper is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
In 2013, we received a petition from WildEarth Guardians to list the island grouper as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. On February 24, 2014, we published a notice that listing may be warranted for the island grouper and nine other fish species. We published the proposed rule to list the island grouper as threatened under the ESA on September 23, 2015. We published the final rule to list the island grouper as threatened under the ESA on October 20, 2016.
This report is the status review for the island grouper. This report summarizes the best available…