Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Silvery white with a mid-lateral yellow stripe running from eye to a large round black spot at base of caudal fin; a second narrower yellow stripe on back above lateral line (Ref. 13442).

Common Names

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Lille vestatlantisk gryntefisk , Danish , Denmark

Caesar , English , Cuba

Caesar , English , USA

Caesar , English , Guyana

Gold-lined grunt , English , Cuba

Redmouth grunt , English , Guyana

Redmouth grunt , English , USA

Redmouth grunt , English , Cuba

Sandy goggle , English , Montserrat

Sandy goggle , English , Antigua Barbuda

Sandy goggle , English , St Kitts Nevis

Sandy goggle , English , Anguilla

Sandy goggle , English , Bahamas

Sandy goggle , English , St Lucia

Sandy goggle , English , St Vincent Gren.

Sandy goggle , English , Trinidad Tobago

Sandy goggle , English , Barbados

Sandy goggle , English , Grenada

Sandy goggle , English , Jamaica

Sandy goggle , English , Martinique

Seize , English , Trinidad Tobago

Tomtate , English , Bahamas

Tomtate , English , Barbados

Tomtate , English , Puerto Rico

Tomtate , English , Belize

Tomtate , English , Cuba

Tomtate , English , USA

Tomtate , English , Trinidad Tobago

Tomtate grunt , English , Global

White grunt , English , Barbados

White grunt , English , Bermuda

Yellow tomtate , English , Cuba

Yellow-lined tomtate , English , Cuba

Young grunt , English , Cuba

Kuldvööt-ronko , Estonian , Estonia

Röhkiv ronko , Estonian , Estonia

Gorette tomtate , French , France

Gorette tomtate , French , Global

Taiseiyou-isaki , Japanese , Japan

深海石鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China

深海石鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China

西仿石鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China

西仿石鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Caesar , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles

Canolchi , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles

Mamelochi , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles

Toctoc , Papiamentu , Antigua Barbuda

Toctoc , Papiamentu , Trinidad Tobago

Toctoc , Papiamentu , Bahamas

Toctoc , Papiamentu , Montserrat

Toctoc , Papiamentu , St Kitts Nevis

Toctoc , Papiamentu , Barbados

Toctoc , Papiamentu , Jamaica

Toctoc , Papiamentu , Grenada

Toctoc , Papiamentu , Anguilla

Toctoc , Papiamentu , St Lucia

Toctoc , Papiamentu , Martinique

Toctoc , Papiamentu , St Vincent Gren.

Toktok , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles

Hemulon pasecznik , Polish , Poland

Corcoroca , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Cotinga , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Sapuruna , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Sapuruna-branca , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Xira , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Xira-branca , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Xira-dourada , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Bocayate muellito , Spanish , Dominican Rp

Cacharo , Spanish , Venezuela

Cuji , Spanish , Venezuela

Jeniguano , Spanish , Cuba

Jeniguano bocón , Spanish , Cuba

Mariquita , Spanish , Puerto Rico

Maruca , Spanish , Puerto Rico

Mula , Spanish , Puerto Rico

Mulita , Spanish , Puerto Rico

Ronco , Spanish , Colombia

Ronco bravo , Spanish , Colombia

Ronco jeníguano , Spanish , Spain

Ronco jeniguano , Spanish , Nicaragua

Zafiro , Spanish , Colombia

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Haemulidae

Genus: Haemulon

Species: Haemulon aurolineatum Cuvier, 1830

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda through the Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Most abundant member of the genus Haemulon along the eastern coast of Florida (Ref. 26938).

Biology

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Maximum depth from Ref. 126840. Inhabits seagrass beds, sand flats, and patch reefs (Ref. 9710). Forms schools (Ref. 5521). Feeds on small crustaceans, mollusks, other benthic invertebrates, plankton, and algae (Ref. 3798). Marketed fresh and salted (Ref. 3798).

Habitat

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associated