Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 17; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Maxilla reaching to below center of eye; soft portion of dorsal fin relatively high; silvery gray with dark stripes on upper half of body, the region between the upper most stripe and the dorsal fin yellow (Ref. 13442).

Common Names

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Spansk gryntefisk , Danish , Denmark

Fus stick grunt , English , Jamaica

Gray grunt , English , Bermuda

Gray grunt , English , Haiti

Gray grunt , English , Puerto Rico

Gray grunt , English , USA

Sow grunt , English , Cuba

Sow grunt , English , USA

Sow grunt , English , Barbados

Spanish grunt , English , Belize

Spanish grunt , English , Cuba

Spanish grunt , English , Jamaica

Spanish grunt , English , Puerto Rico

Spanish grunt , English , USA

Spanish grunt , English , Global

Streaked grunt , English , Bermuda

Striped grunt , English , Bermuda

Striped grunt , English , Cuba

Striped grunt , English , Jamaica

Striped grunt , English , USA

Thicklip grunt , English , Jamaica

Hispaania ronko , Estonian , Estonia

Caco gris , French , Trinidad Tobago

Caco gris , French , Haiti

Crocro tête feuilles , French , Haiti

Gorette caco , French , Global

Gorette caco , French , France

大口仿石鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China

大口仿石鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Cocoroca-espanhola , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Colombiana , Spanish , Puerto Rico

Corocoro bocon , Spanish , Venezuela

Jeníguano español , Spanish , Cuba

Ronco , Spanish , Cuba

Ronco caco , Spanish , Spain

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Haemulidae

Genus: Haemulon

Species: Haemulon macrostomum Günther, 1859

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: southern Florida and the Antilles to Brazil.

Biology

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Inhabits clear reefs (Ref. 9710). Forms dense schools (Ref. 5217). Feeds on crustaceans and sea urchins (Ref. 3798). Marketed fresh (Ref. 3798).

Habitat

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associated