Haemulidae
Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792)
Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792)
Diagramma pictum, the painted sweetlips, is a Indo-Pacific fish with changing patterning over its lifespan.
Diagramma labiosum Macleay, 1883
Diagramma labiosum Macleay, 1883
Diagramma labiosum is a species of sweetlips found around northern Australia and southern New Guinea, with distinct juvenile colouration.
Parapristipoma octolineatum (Valenciennes, 1833)
Parapristipoma octolineatum (Valenciennes, 1833)
The African striped grunt (Parapristipoma octolineatum) is a ray-finned fish found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.
Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Plectorhinchus vittatus, the Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips, is a striped Indo-Pacific reef fish that feeds nocturnally on small prey.
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepède, 1801
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepède, 1801
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides is a carnivorous reef fish whose juveniles mimic toxic flatworms, found in the Indo-Pacific.
Plectorhinchus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Plectorhinchus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Plectorhinchus lineatus is a nocturnal reef fish found in the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
Plectorhinchus polytaenia (Bleeker, 1853)
Plectorhinchus polytaenia (Bleeker, 1853)
Plectorhinchus polytaenia, the ribboned sweetlips, is a striped Indo-Pacific reef fish that grows to 50 cm long.
Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Lacepède, 1802)
Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Lacepède, 1802)
Plectorhinchus gibbosus is an Indo-Pacific reef sweetlips with thickened lips, leaf-mimicking juveniles, that reaches 75 cm long.
Plectorhinchus albovittatus (Rüppell, 1838)
Plectorhinchus albovittatus (Rüppell, 1838)
Plectorhinchus albovittatus is a ray-finned sweetlips fish found in reef habitats across the Indo-West Pacific.
Plectorhinchus gaterinus (Forsskål, 1775)
Plectorhinchus gaterinus (Forsskål, 1775)
Plectorhinchus gaterinus is a Western Indian Ocean sweetlips that lives on reefs and feeds on small fish and crustaceans.
Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus is a least-concern ray-finned fish in the Haemulidae family with multiple common names.
Plectorhinchus picus (Cuvier, 1828)
Plectorhinchus picus (Cuvier, 1828)
Plectorhinchus pica is an oviparous, nocturnal fish species from the Indo-Pacific that lives on reefs.
Haemulon sciurus (Shaw, 1803)
Haemulon sciurus (Shaw, 1803)
Haemulon sciurus, the bluestriped grunt, is a western Atlantic grunt fish that lives in shallow reefs, mangroves and seagrass beds.
Haemulon plumierii (Lacepède, 1801)
Haemulon plumierii (Lacepède, 1801)
Haemulon plumierii, the white grunt, is a Western Atlantic fish caught for food, sport, bait, and kept in aquariums.
Haemulon album Cuvier, 1830
Haemulon album Cuvier, 1830
Haemulon album, the white margate, is a Western Atlantic grunt found on reefs and targeted by commercial fisheries.
Haemulon flavolineatum (Desmarest, 1823)
Haemulon flavolineatum (Desmarest, 1823)
Haemulon flavolineatum is a western Atlantic grunt fish found on coral reefs, caught for food and displayed in public aquariums.
Haemulon scudderii Gill, 1862
Haemulon scudderii Gill, 1862
Haemulon scudderii is a grunt fish species endemic to the eastern Pacific Ocean, found on inshore rocky reefs.
Haemulon carbonarium Poey, 1860
Haemulon carbonarium Poey, 1860
Haemulon carbonarium, the Caesar grunt, is a western Atlantic grunt fish found on reefs and caught for food and aquariums.
Haemulon melanurum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Haemulon melanurum (Linnaeus, 1758)
The cottonwick grunt (Haemulon melanurum) is a western Atlantic reef-dwelling ray-finned fish in the grunt family Haemulidae.
Haemulon parra (Desmarest, 1823)
Haemulon parra (Desmarest, 1823)
Haemulon parra is a Western Atlantic grunt species with distinct adult and juvenile coloration, fished commercially and kept in aquariums.
Orthopristis chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766)
Orthopristis chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766)
Orthopristis chrysoptera, the Pigfish, is a fish species native to the western Atlantic Ocean with a recorded maximum length of 46 cm.
Anisotremus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anisotremus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anisotremus virginicus, the porkfish, is a western Atlantic reef grunt fished for food, sport and kept in aquariums.
Anisotremus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791)
Anisotremus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791)
Anisotremus surinamensis, the black margate, is a Western Atlantic grunt found on shallow reefs and sometimes sold for food or kept in aquariums.
Anisotremus davidsonii (Steindachner, 1876)
Anisotremus davidsonii (Steindachner, 1876)
Anisotremus davidsonii (xantic sargo) is a native grunt species of the eastern Pacific Ocean with a range from California to Mexico.
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