Mycteroperca rubra (Bloch, 1793)

Iglésias, Samuel P., Bariche, Michel, Beau, Florent, Bérenger, Lucas, Beucher, Renaud, Chabrolle, Antoine, Cottalorda, Jean-Michel, Cousin, Bertrand, Curd, Amelia, Danet, Valentin, Duhamel, Erwan, Duval, Audrey, Farque, Pierre-André, Goascoz, Nicolas, Jadaud, Angélique, Larnaud, Pascal, Bouter, Mathieu Le, Bras, Yvan Le, Bris, Sylvain Le, Lombard, Laurent, Louisy, Patrick, Mandine, Alain, Mas, Lise, Menut, Thomas, Metral, Luisa, Poussard, Pierre, Quéro, Jean-Claude, Raybaud, Virginie, Renoult, Julien P., Richard, Thomas, Spitz, Jérôme, Ternon, Quentin, Thiriet, Pierre & Tournier-Broer, Ruben, 2021, French ichthyological records for 2019, Cybium 45 (3), pp. 169-188 : 175

Mycteroperca rubra (Bloch, 1793)

A Mottled grouper, Serranidae ( Fig. 4G ), was observed and photographed by F. Beau while snorkelling on 25 Jul 2019 ( Beau et al., 2019). It was observed over a rocky bottom covered by algae, off Jovat beach at La Croix Valmer (43.1757°N, 6.6032°E, Mediterranean Sea), at 4 m depth. The individual measured about 20 cm TL. It was observed for three weeks in the same locality. The species is mostly known from western Africa, southern and eastern Mediterranean. It is only rarely recorded from French Mediterranean waters and northwestern Mediterranean ( Heemstra and Randall, 1993).

Figures

Figure 4. – Significant French ichthyological records for 2019 (continued). A: Holocentrus adscensionis, ~20 cm TL, Aug 2019 (© L. Lombard); B: Nerophis lumbriciformis, ~10 cm TL, 26 Jan 2019; the black arrow indicates the head of the individual (© L. Bérenger); C: Scorpaena scrofa, 345 mm TL, 6-12 May 2019, MNHN-IC 2021-0143 (© S.P. Iglésias); D: Lepidotrigla dieuzeidei, 150 mm TL, 26 Oct 2019 (© S.P. Iglésias); E: Eutelichthys leptochirus, 63 mm TL, 30 May 2019, MNHN-IC 2021-0144 (© L. Metral); F: Liparis montagui, ~3 cm TL, 10 Jan 2019 (© J.P. Renoult); G: Mycteroperca rubra, ~20 cm TL, 25 Jul 2019 (© F. Beau); H: Serranus cabrilla, ~25 cm TL, 11 Oct 2019 (© F. Bernard).