Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. Head scaled except for tip of snout and chin; mouth small and oblique; yellowish to greenish silver on back, silvery on sides, with 4 brown to bronze stripes on upper half of body and a large black spot at caudal base (Ref. 13442).

Common Names

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Bronzestripet gryntefisk , Danish , Denmark

Bronzestripe grunt , English , Global

Bronzestriped grunt , English , USA

Gorette ruí , French , France

Gorette ruí , French , Global

Hosoisaki , Japanese , Japan

博氏仿石鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China

博氏仿石鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Coroncoro , Spanish , Colombia

Ronco , Spanish , Colombia

Ronco ruyi , Spanish , Spain

Ronco ruyi , 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 boschmae (Metzelaar, 1919)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: Colombia to French Guiana.

Biology

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Generally in protected areas such as bays or inlets; rarely in insular areas with clear oceanic water and coral reefs (Ref. 5217). Juveniles encountered near the shore. Feeds on small crustaceans and mollusks (Ref. 3798). Taken incidentally and not considered commercially important (Ref. 3798).

Habitat

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associated