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Blue-striped Grunt

Haemulon sciurus

Also known as: Bluestriped Sweetlips, Boar Grunt, Dogfish, Golden Grunt, Humpback Grunt, Redmouth Grunt, Sweetlips, Yellow Grunt

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
Adult
@fishx6 · Bonaire Captain Don's Beach, Caribbean Netherlands · November 20101 / 26
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Overview

Found in small schools, along drop-offs and reef edges, of coral and rocky reefs.
Juveniles found over seagrass beds.

In some areas of the world 'Grunts' are better known as 'Sweetlips' distinguished from other species by their very large rubbery lips.
'Grunts'because they "grunt," the grunting sound is produced by their flat teeth plates rubbing together and this is amplified by their air bladders.
Found either singly or in schools hovering or motionless over the reef during the day, becoming nocturnal predators.

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How to identify

Pattern
stripes

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
  • Country only · 26
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Found in small schools, along drop-offs and reef edges, of coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyHaemulidae
    6. genusHaemulon
    7. speciesHaemulon sciurus (Shaw, 1803)

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    More in the family

    Grunts (Haemulidae)