Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. Bluish silver with about 18 blackish yellow oblique stripes on body; a small amount of black pigment under upper margin of preopercle.

Common Names

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Zwarte knorbaars , Dutch , Neth Antilles

Black grunt , English , Bermuda

Black Grunt , English , Cuba

Black grunt , English , Guadeloupe

Black grunt , English , Haiti

Black grunt , English , Martinique

Black grunt , English , Mexico

Black grunt , English , Neth Antilles

Black grunt , English , Puerto Rico

Black grunt , English , Trinidad Tobago

Black grunt , English , USA

Black grunt , English , Uruguay

Black grunt , English , Global

Grunt , English , Trinidad Tobago

Gorette grise , French , France

Gorette grise , French , Global

黑仿石鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黑仿石鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Corcor pretu , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles

Hemulon promienisty , Polish , Poland

Cocoroca , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Corcoroca , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Bocacolorá , Spanish , Colombia

Corocoro rayado , Spanish , Venezuela

Coroncoro , Spanish , Colombia

Ronco prieto , Spanish , Colombia

Ronco prieto , Spanish , Cuba

Ronco prieto , Spanish , Mexico

Ronco rayado , Spanish , Spain

Corrocona , Wayuu , Colombia

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Haemulidae

Genus: Haemulon

Species: Haemulon bonariense Cuvier, 1830

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: Southern Florida and Antilles south to Venezuela.

Biology

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Occurs in shallow neritic areas, over shallow mud to sand-mud bottoms; less common in areas with clear water and coral reef habitats (Ref. 5217). Marketed fresh and salted (Ref. 3798).

Habitat

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associated