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Haemulon striatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Scale rows below lateral line oblique; head entirely scaled except for front of snout near upper lip and front of chin; snout very short; the maxilla not reaching a vertical through center of eye; silvery gray with five dusky yellow stripes, the two lowermost the broadest (Ref. 13442).

Common Names

  • Banana grunt , English , Jamaica
  • Common tomtate , English , Barbados
  • Common tomtate , English , Cuba
  • Smallmouth , English , Jamaica
  • Smallmouthed tomtate , English , Barbados
  • Smallmouthed tomtate , English , Cuba
  • Striped grunt , English , Bahamas
  • Striped Grunt , English , Cuba
  • Striped grunt , English , Jamaica
  • Striped grunt , English , Neth Antilles
  • Striped grunt , English , Puerto Rico
  • Striped grunt , English , St Lucia
  • Striped grunt , English , USA
  • Striped grunt , English , Global
  • White grunt , English , Bermuda
  • White grunt , English , Cuba
  • Gorette rayée , French , France
  • 真仿石鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 真仿石鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Cocoroca-listrada , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil
  • Xira , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil
  • Bocayate , Spanish , Dominican Rp
  • Boga , Spanish , Cuba
  • Cuji de roca , Spanish , Venezuela
  • Jeníguano rayado , Spanish , Cuba
  • Ronco blanco , Spanish , Cuba
  • Ronco listado , Spanish , Nicaragua
  • Ronco listado , Spanish , Spain
  • Ronco pinto , Spanish , Mexico
  • Zafiro , Spanish , Colombia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Eupercaria/misc

    Family: Haemulidae

    Genus: Haemulon

    Species: Haemulon striatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida (USA), western Bahamas, and Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Also Caribbean, including Antilles (Ref. 26938).

    • Biology

    Occurs along exposed outer or deeper reefs. Found on semi-hard substrates (Ref. 5217). Maximum depth down to 210 m was recorded from individuals observed by submersibles (Ref. 27283). Feeds mainly on plankton (Ref. 5217); small crustaceans (Ref. 26938).

    Habitat

    associated