Atlantic wreckfish

Atlantic wreckfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Polyprionidae
Genus: Polyprion
Species:
P. americanus
Binomial name
Polyprion americanus
(Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms[2]
  • Sparus cernua Poggi, 1881
  • Amphiprion americanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Polyprion cernium Valenciennes, 1824
  • Polyprion massiliense Costa, 1829
  • Polyprion moeone Phillipps, 1927

The Atlantic wreckfish (Polyprion americanus), also known as the stone bass or bass groper (among other names),[3] is a marine, bathydemersal, and oceanodromous ray-finned fish in the family Polyprionidae. It has a worldwide, if disjunct, distribution in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.

  1. ^ Sadovy, Y.; et al. (Grouper & Wrasse Specialist Group) (2003). "Polyprion americanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T43972A10845280. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T43972A10845280.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Polyprion americanus". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. ^ Bray, D. J. (2018). "Polyprion americanus". Fishes of Australia. Retrieved 10 August 2023.