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The grunts are a family, Haemulidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes
Perciformes

The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all bony fish and are the largest order of vertebrata....
. They are numerous and widespread, with about 150 species in 19 genera, found in tropical fresh, brackish and salt waters around the world. They are bottom-feeding predators, and named for their ability to produce sound by grinding their teeth.








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The grunts are a family, Haemulidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes
Perciformes

The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all bony fish and are the largest order of vertebrata....
. They are numerous and widespread, with about 150 species in 19 genera, found in tropical fresh, brackish and salt waters around the world. They are bottom-feeding predators, and named for their ability to produce sound by grinding their teeth.

Genera

  • Anisotremus Gill, 1861
  • Boridia Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830
  • Brachydeuterus Gill, 1862
  • Conodon Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830
  • Diagramma Oken, 1817
  • Genyatremus Gill, 1862
  • Haemulon Cuvier, 1829
  • Haemulopsis Steindachner, 1869
  • Hapalogenys Richardson, 1844
  • Isacia Jordan and Fesler, 1893
  • Microlepidotus Gill, 1862
  • Orthopristis Girard, 1858
  • Parakuhlia Pellegrin, 1913
  • Parapristipoma Bleeker, 1873
  • Plectorhinchus
    Plectorhinchus

    The sweetlips, Plectorhinchus, are a genera, in the family Haemulidae, with 35 species found in fresh, brackish and salt waters. These fish have big fleshy lips and tend to live on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific in small groups or pairs....
     Lacepède, 1801
  • Pomadasys Lacepède, 1802
  • Xenichthys Gill, 1863
  • Xenistius Jordan and Gilbert, 1883
  • Xenocys Jordan and Bollman, 1890

Species








Genus
Anisotremus

(Gill, 1861)



  • A.
    scapularis

    (Tschudi, 1846)

    - Ecuador, Chile



  • Burrito
    grunt

    A. interruptus

    (Gill, 1862)

    - USA, Peru, Galapagos Islands




  • Brownstriped grunt

    A. moricandi

    (Ranzani,
    1842)

    - Brazil



  • Black
    margate

    A. surinamensis

    (Bloch, 1791)

    - USA, Bahamas, Mexico, Caribbean, Brazil



  • Carruco
    sargo

    A. pacifici

    (Günther, 1864)

    - Mexico, Peru



  • Panama
    porkfish

    A. taeniatus

    (Gill, 1861)

    - Mexico, Peru



  • Porkfish

    A. virginicus

    (Linnaeus, 1758)

    - Bermuda, USA, Brazil, Mexico, Caribbean



  • Silvergrey
    grunt

    A. caesius

    (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)


    - Mexico, Peru



  • Spotted
    head sargo

    A. dovii

    (Günther, 1864)


    - USA, Peru



  • Xantic
    sargo

    A. davidsonii

    (Steindachner, 1876)


    -
    USA, Mexico


Genus
Boridia

(Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)



  • Bourriqueta
    porgy

    B. grossidens

    (Cuvier, 1830)

    Southwest Atlantic


Genus
Brachydeuterus

(Gill, 1862)



  • Bigeye
    grunt

    B. auritus

    (Valenciennes, 1832)

    Morocco, Angola


Genus
Conodon

(Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)



  • Armed
    grunt

    C. serrifer

    (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)

    USA, Peru



  • Barred
    grunt

    C. nobilis

    (Linnaeus, 1758)

    - USA, Jamaica, Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Lesser
    Antilles, Central and South America



  • Lemoneye
    grunt

    C. macrops

    (Hildebrand, 1946)

    - Colombia, Peru


Genus
Diagramma

(Oken, 1817)



  • Blackfin
    slatey

    D. melanacrum

    (Johnson & Randall, 2001)


    - Indonesia, Borneo, Philippines



  • D.
    labiosum

    (Macleay, 1883)

    - Red Sea, East Africa, western Pacific



  • Painted
    sweetlips

    D. pictum

    (Thunberg, 1792)

    - Red Sea, East Africa, Japan, New Caledonia



  • D.
    punctatum

    (Cuvier, 1830)

    - Japan, ID, New Guinea, New Caledonia.


Genus
Genyatremus

(Gill, 1862)



  • Torroto
    grunt

    G. luteus

    (Bloch, 1790)

    - Colombia, Brazil


Genus
Haemulon

(Cuvier, 1829)



  • Black
    grunt

    H. bonariense

    (Cuvier, 1830)

    - Greater Antilles, Brazil



  • Bluestriped
    grunt

    H. sciurus

    (Shaw, 1803)

    - Florida, USA, Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean



  • Bronzestripe
    grunt

    H. boschmae

    (Metzelaar, 1919)

    - Colombia, French Guiana



  • Caesar
    grunt

    H. carbonarium

    (Poey, 1860)

    - USA, Bahamas, Yucatan, Mexico, Brazil, Caribbean



  • Chere-chere
    grunt

    H. steindachneri

    (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)


    - Panama, Brazil, Mexico, Peru



  • Cottonwick
    grunt

    H. melanurum

    (Linnaeus, 1758)

    - Bermuda, USA, Bahamas, Brazil



  • French
    grunt

    H. flavolineatum

    (Desmarest, 1823)

    - Bermuda, USA, of Mexico, Brazil, W. Indies,
    Central America



  • Grey
    grunt

    H. scudderii

    (Gill, 1862)

    - Mexico, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands



  • Greybar
    grunt

    H. sexfasciatum

    (Gill, 1862)

    - USA, Panama



  • Grunt

    H. plumierii

    (Lacepède, 1801)

    - USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Brazil, Antilles



  • H.
    schrankii

    (Agassiz, 1831)

    - Brazil



  • H.
    serrula

    (Cuvier, 1830)

    - Martinique Island



  • H.
    squamipinna

    (Rocha & Rosa, 1999)

    - Brazil



  • Sailor's
    grunt

    H. parra

    (Desmarest, 1823)

    - Bahamas, USA, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil



  • Smallmouth
    grunt

    H. chrysargyreum

    (Günther, 1859)

    - USA, Bahamas, Yucatan, Mexico, Brazil



  • Spanish
    grunt

    H. macrostomum

    (Günther, 1859)

    - USA, Antilles, Brazil



  • Spottail
    grunt

    H. maculicauda

    (Gill, 1862)

    - USA, Mexico, Colombia



  • Striped
    grunt

    H. striatum

    (Linnaeus, 1758)

    - Bermuda, USA, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil,
    Caribbean, Antilles



  • Tomtate
    grunt

    H. aurolineatum

    (Cuvier, 1830)

    - USA, Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil



  • White
    margate

    H. album

    (Cuvier, 1830)

    - USA, Bermuda, Bahamas, Brazil, W. Indies



  • Yellowspotted
    grunt

    H. flaviguttatum

    (Gill, 1862)

    - Mexico, Ecuador


Genus
Haemulopsis

(Steindachner, 1869)



  • Elongate
    grunt

    H. elongatus

    (Steindachner, 1879)

    - Mexico, Panama



  • Shining
    grunt

    H. nitidus

    (Steindachner, 1869)

    - Gulf of California, Peru



  • White
    grunt

    H. leuciscus

    (Günther, 1864)

    - Gulf of California to Peru



  • Yellowstripe
    grunt


    H. axillaris

    (Steindachner, 1869)

    - Mexico to Ecuador


Genus
Isacia

(Jordan and Fesler, 1893)



  • Cabinza
    grunt

    I. conceptionis

    (Cuvier, 1830)

    - Peru, Chile, Nicaragua


Genus
Microlepidotus

(Gill, 1862)



  • Humpback
    grunt

    M. brevipinnis

    (Steindachner, 1869)

    - USA, Panama



  • Wavyline
    grunt

    M. inornatus

    (Gill, 1862)

    - Mexico, USA


Genus
Orthopristis

(Girard, 1858)



  • Sheephead
    grunt

    O. cantharinus

    (Jenyns, 1840)

    - Mexico, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands



  • Brassy
    grunt

    O. chalceus

    (Günther, 1864)

    - Mexico, Panama, Galapagos Islands



  • Pigfish



    O. chrysoptera

    (Linnaeus, 1766)

    - USA, Bermuda, Mexico



  • O.
    forbesi

    (Jordan & Starks, 1897)

    - Galapagos Islands



  • Scalyfin
    grunt

    O. lethopristis

    (Jordan & Fesler, 1889)

    - Galapagos Islands



  • Corocoro
    cubano

    O. poeyi

    (Scudder, 1868)

    - Cuba



  • Bronze-striped
    grunt

    O. reddingi

    (Jordan & Richardson, 1895)

    - Gulf of California



  • Corocoro
    grunt

    O. ruber

    (Cuvier, 1830)

    - Honduras, Brazil


Genus
Parakuhlia

(Pellegrin, 1913)



  • Dara

    P. macrophthalmus

    (Osório, 1893)

    - Senegal, Angola


Genus
Parapristipoma

(Bleeker, 1873)



  • Guinean
    grunt

    P. humile

    (Bowdich, 1825)

    - Distribution is difficult to establish because
    this species is often confused with Parapristipoma octolineatum



  • P.
    macrops

    (Pellegrin, 1912)

    - Spain, Portugal, Angola, Mediterranean



  • African
    striped grunt

    P. octolineatum

    (Valenciennes, 1833)

    - Angola



  • Chicken
    grunt

    P. trilineatum

    (Thunberg, 1793)

    - Japan, East China Sea, Taiwan


 

  

Genus
Plectorhinchus

(Lacepède, 1801)




  • Barred rubberlip

    P. plagiodesmus

    (Fowler, 1935)



  • Biglip
    grunt

    P. macrolepis

    (Boulenger, 1899)

    - Senegal, Angola



  • Blackspotted
    rubberlip

    P. gaterinus

    (Forsskål, 1775)

    - Red Sea, S Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoro
    I.



  • Bronzestriped
    grunt

    P. taeniatus

    (McKay & Randall, 1995)

    - Arabian Peninsula



  • Celebes
    sweetlips

    P. celebicus

    (Bleeker, 1873)

    - Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Ryukyu Islands,
    Great Barrier Reef, Micronesia



  • Crescent
    sweetlips

    P. cinctus

    (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)

    - Arabian Sea, Japan



  • Dusky
    rubberlip

    P. chubbi

    (Regan, 1919)

    Somalia, Kenya, India, S Africa, ID.



  • Giant
    sweetlips

    P. obscurus

    (Günther, 1872)



  • Harlequin
    sweetlips

    P. chaetodonoides

    (Lacepède, 1801)

    - Maldives, Cocos Islands, Sumatra, Fiji, New
    Caledonia, Ryukyu I., Rowley Shoals



  • Harry
    hotlips

    P. gibbosus

    (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853)



  • Indian
    Ocean Oriental Sweetlips

    P. vittatus

    (Linnaeus, 1758)



  • Lesson's
    thicklip

    P. lessonii

    (Cuvier, 1830)



  • Lemon
    sweetlip


    P. flavomaculatus

    (Cuvier, 1830)



  • Lined
    grunt

    P. punctulatus

    (Rüppell, 1838)

    - Red Sea, Gulf of Oman



  • Lined
    sweetlips

    P. gaterinoides

    (Smith, 1962)



  • Many-lined
    sweetlips

    P. multivittatus

    (Macleay, 1878)



  • Minstrel
    sweetlip


    P. schotaf

    (Forsskål, 1775)



  • Oriental
    sweetlips

    P. orientalis

    (Bloch, 1793)

    - E Africa, Samoa, Japan, New Caledonia, Palau,
    Micronesia



  • P.
    faetela

    (Forsskål, 1775)



  • P.
    harrawayi

    (Smith, 1952)



  • P.
    macrospilus


    (Satapoomin & Randall, 2000)



  • P.
    nigrus

    (Cuvier, 1830)

    - Indo-Pacific



  • P.
    trifasciatus

    (Fowler, 1937)

    - Australia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea



  • P.
    umbrinus

    (Klunzinger, 1870)



  • P.
    punctatissimus

    (Playfair, 1868)



  • P.
    unicolor


    (Macleay, 1883)



  • Painted
    Sweetlip

    P. picus

    (Cuvier, 1830)

    - Seychelles, Japan



  • Parrot
    grunt

    P. perotaei

    (Cuvier, 1830)

    - Mauritania, Angola



  • Pigsnout
    grunt

    P. rogerii

    (Cuvier, 1830)

    - Mauritania, Angola



  • Red
    patched grunter

    P.
    unimaculatus

    (Tian, 1982)

    - China, Malaysia



  • Ribboned
    sweetlips

    P. polytaenia

    (Bleeker, 1852)



  • Rubberlip
    grunt

    P. mediterraneus

    (Guichenot, 1850)

    - Spain, Portugal, Namibia, Mediterranean Sea,
    Canary I.




  • Sordid rubberlip

    P. sordidus

    (Klunzinger, 1870)



  • Sri
    Lanka sweetlips

    P. ceylonensis

    (Smith, 1956)

    - Sri Lanka



  • Striped
    grunter

    P. striatus

    (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)

    - Mozambique, S Africa, Red Sea, Gulf of Suez



  • Striped
    sweetlips

    P. diagrammus

    (Linnaeus, 1758)




  • Trout sweetlips

    P. pictus

    (Tortonese, 1936)

    - Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, China



  • Two-striped
    sweetlips

    P. albovittatus

    (Rüppell, 1838)

    - Red Sea, Celebes, Taiwan, Tonga, Mozambique




  • Whitebarred rubberlip

    P. playfairi

    (Pellegrin, 1914)



  • Yellowbanded
    sweetlips

    P. lineatus

    (Linnaeus, 1758)

    - Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia



  • Yellow-lined
    grunter

    P. quadrilineatus

    (Shen & Lin, 1984)

    - China, Japan



  • Yellow-striped
    sweetlips

    P. chrysotaenia

    (Bleeker, 1855)

    - Singapore, Philippines, Solomon I., Ryukyu I,
    Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia



  • Zebra
    sweetlip

    P. paulayi

    (Steindachner, 1895)


Genus
Pomadasys

(Lacepède, 1802)



  • Banded
    grunter

    P. furcatus

    (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

    - Somalia, Mozambique, Madagascar, S Africa, Sri
    Lanka, Red Sea, Indonesia



  • Bastard
    grunt

    P. incisus

    (Bowdich, 1825)

    - Strait of Gibraltar, Angola

  • Bigspine
    grunt

    P. empherus

    (Bussing, 1993)

    - Costa Rica



  • Bluecheek
    silver grunt

    P. argyreus

    (Valenciennes, 1833)

    - Pakistan, Sri Lanka, SE Asia



  • Burro
    Grunt

    P. crocro



  • Cock
    grunter

    P. multimaculatum

    (Playfair, 1867)

    - Africa, Australia



  • Javelin
    grunter

    P. kaakan

    (Cuvier, 1830)


    - Red Sea, Africa, SE Asia, Taiwan, Australia



  • Longhead
    grunt

    P. auritus

    (Cuvier, 1830)

    - China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia



  • Longspine
    grunt

    P. macracanthus

    (Günther, 1864)

    - Mexico, Ecuador



  • Manylined
    grunter

    P. laurentino

    (Smith, 1953)

    - Mozambique



  • Olive
    grunt

    P. olivaceus

    (Day, 1875)

    - Namibia, Africa, Madagascar, Arabia, India,
    Malaysia



  • Panama
    grunt

    P. panamensis

    (Steindachner, 1876)

    - Gulf of California, Peru



  • P.
    guoraca

    (Cuvier, 1829)

    - Africa, Philippines



  • P.
    hasta

    (Bloch, 1790)

    - Indo-West Pacific



  • Purplemouth
    grunt


    P. bayanus

    (Jordan & Evermann, 1898)

    - USA, Mexico, Peru



  • Roughneck
    grunt

    P. corvinaeformis

    (Steindachner, 1868)

    - Mexico, Caribbean, Antilles, Brazil



  • Saddle
    grunt

    P. maculatus

    (Bloch, 1793)

    - Indian Ocean, China, Australia



  • Sand
    grunt

    P. branickii

    (Steindachner, 1879)

    - Mexico, Peru



  • Silver
    grunt

    P. argenteus

    (Forsskål, 1775)

    - Red Sea, Philippines, Persian Gulf, Japan, Australia,
    New Caledonia



  • Smallspotted
    grunter

    P. commersonnii

    (Lacepède, 1801)

    - India, Oman, S Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar



  • Sompat
    grunt

    P. jubelini

    (Cuvier, 1830)

    - Mauritania, Angola



  • Yellowback
    grunt

    P. aheneus

    (McKay & Randall, 1995)

    - Oman


Genus
Xenichthys

(Gill, 1863)



  • X. agassizii



  • X. rupestris



  • Longfin
    salema

    X. xanti


Genus
Xenistius

(Jordan and Gilbert, 1883)



  • Californian
    salema

    X. californiensis



  • X. peruanus


Genus
Xenocys

(Jordan and Bollman, 1890)



  • X. jessiae


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