Description

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Body oblong, compressed and not very deep (depth contained 2.9 to 3.3 times in standard length ); mouth large and terminal, its posterior end located under the anterior rim of the eye; first gill arch with 18 to 22 gill rakers; dorsal fin notched, with 11 to 12 spines and 16 to 18 soft rays (XI-XII, 16-18); second anal spine slightly longer and stronger than third; scale series above lateral line oblique; juveniles with 3 vertical bars and a caudal spot that disappears with age; adults with 6 or 7 dark gray vertical bars on a yellowish body; head with a dark spot behind the eye (Ref. 55763).

Common Names

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Graybar grunt , English , Mexico

Greybar grunt , English , Global

Gorette casse-burgot , French , France

六带仿石鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China

六帶仿石鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Burro almejero , Spanish , Mexico

Pargo blanco , Spanish , Ecuador

Rompe paila , Spanish , Panama

Roncador barra gris , Spanish , Galapagos Is.

Roncador negro trompudo , Spanish , Ecuador

Ronco almejero , Spanish , Spain

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Haemulidae

Genus: Haemulon

Species: Haemulon sexfasciatum Gill, 1862

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California to Panama.

Biology

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Forms schools in coastal reefs during the day but disperses at night in search for food. Often feed by digging in sand (Ref. 5227).

Habitat

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associated