Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Haemulidae

Genus: Orthopristis

Species: Orthopristis forbesi Jordan & Starks, 1897

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Forms schools above rocky, boulder strewn reefs, slopes and hard substrate with good water movement. May mingle with yellowtail grunts and golden-eyed grunts (Ref. 5227).

Habitat

associated