Description

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 11.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Haemulidae

Genus: Genyatremus

Species: Genyatremus luteus (Bloch, 1790)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Mainly found in brackish estuaries and adjacent areas, over sandy or muddy bottoms. Sometimes caught in marine waters. Feeds on crustaceans (Ref. 3798). Marketed fresh (Ref. 3798).

Habitat

brackish