Description

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Body robust, somewhat compressed, and not very deep (depth contained 2.8 to 3.0 times in standard length); mouth small and terminal, its posterior end located at the same level as the anterior rim of the eye; profile of head convex; first gill arch with 18 to 23 gill rakers; dorsal fin deeply notched, with 12 spines and 14 to 15 soft rays (XII, 14-15); second anal spine stronger and but shorter than third; third anal spine, when bent, reaching or surpassing base of last anal ray;; back brownish gray; belly lighter; axilla of pectoral fins and upper edge of operculum black (Ref. 55763)

Common Names

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Raucous grunt , English , Mexico

Raucous grunt , English , Global

White grunt , English , Global

Gorette ronco , French , Global

白色小仿石鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China

白色小仿石鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Boquimorado , Spanish , Ecuador

Boquimorado chato , Spanish , Ecuador

Cabezón , Spanish , Panama

Negro , Spanish , Ecuador

Roncador , Spanish , Ecuador

Ronco roncacho , Spanish , Mexico

Ronco ruco , Spanish , Mexico

Ronco ruco , Spanish , Spain

Ruco guilile , Spanish , Honduras

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Haemulidae

Genus: Haemulopsis

Species: Haemulopsis leuciscus (Günther, 1864)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru.

Biology

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Inhabits coastal seas on sandy or muddy bottoms (Ref. 11482). Found in estuaries (Ref. 9114). Feeds on polychaetes, copepods and amphipods (Ref. 50313). Marketed fresh (Ref. 9114).

Habitat

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brackish