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Anisotremus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 18; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Body striped yellow and silvery blue; fins yellow, 2 black bars: one from nape through eye to mouth, another from origin of dorsal fin to base of pectoral fin. Only grunt fish in the Caribbean with two vertical black bars and yellow stripes. (Ref. 26938).

Common Names

  • Svinefisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Boneknaap , Dutch , Neth Antilles
  • Spaanse vlag , Dutch , Neth Antilles
  • Atlantic porkfish , English , USA
  • Paragrate grunt , English , Jamaica
  • Porkfish , English , Belize
  • Porkfish , English , Jamaica
  • Porkfish , English , Martinique
  • Porkfish , English , Neth Antilles
  • Porkfish , English , Haiti
  • Porkfish , English , Guyana
  • Porkfish , English , Guadeloupe
  • Porkfish , English , Puerto Rico
  • Porkfish , English , Cuba
  • Porkfish , English , Bahamas
  • Porkfish , English , USA
  • Porkfish , English , Global
  • Spanish girl , English , Belize
  • Virginia vöötkala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Röhkijäkala , Finnish , Finland
  • Lippu rondeau , French , France
  • Lippu rondeau , French , Global
  • Palriot , French , Haiti
  • Palriot , French , Trinidad Tobago
  • Rondeau , French , Guadeloupe
  • Rondeau , French , Martinique
  • Kuroobidai , Japanese , Japan
  • 枝异孔石鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 枝異孔石鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Svinfisk , Norwegian , Norway
  • Bandera , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles
  • Bandera spaño , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles
  • Bandera spañó , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles
  • Bonakanaal , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles
  • Boneknap , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles
  • Luszczyk wirginski , Polish , Poland
  • Roncador-listado-americano , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Salema , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Salema-branca , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Sambuari , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Selumixira , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Ferrugem , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Frade , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Mercador , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • каталинета , Russian , Russia
  • Arroz con coco , Spanish , Dominican Rp
  • Burro catalina , Spanish , Spain
  • Burro catalina , Spanish , Nicaragua
  • Burro payaso , Spanish , Mexico
  • Cabomartin , Spanish , Colombia
  • Canario , Spanish , Puerto Rico
  • Catalina , Spanish , Venezuela
  • Catalina , Spanish , Colombia
  • Catalineata , Spanish , Cuba
  • Catalineta , Spanish , Cuba
  • Ronco , Spanish , Colombia
  • Grisfisk , Swedish , Sweden
  • Svinfisk , Swedish , Sweden

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Eupercaria/misc

    Family: Haemulidae

    Genus: Anisotremus

    Species: Anisotremus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Bermuda (introduced) and Florida, USA to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea (Ref. 9626).

    • Biology

    Maximum depth from Ref. 126840. Inhabits reefs and rocky bottoms. Feeds at night on mollusks, echinoderms, annelids, and crustaceans (Ref. 3798). Young pick parasites from the bodies of larger fishes (Ref. 5521). Young are popular aquarium fish (Ref. 7251). Marketed fresh (Ref. 3798). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35420).

    Habitat

    associated