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When was Tiger grouper named as a fish?

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Tiger grouper was named in 1833 by its biominal name Mycteroperca tigris by

Achille Valenciennes. Valenciennes worked with Georges Cuvier Cuvier to write the 22-volume Histoire Naturelle des Poissons (Natural History of Fish) (1828-1848). When Cuvier died in 1832, Valenciennes continued and finished writing the volumes.

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