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  • grey
    lower body wide black bar
    fins black
  • yellow
    black bar through eye, another behind operculum
    body: blue & yellow stripes
    juv: yellow head & fins + 2 black stripes & C - black spot
  • elongate
    5-6 yellow stripes, fins yellow
    juv: middle stripe front 1/2 body, C base - thin upcurved spot
    D XII, 13 (12-14)
    Brachygenys chrysargyreum, Smallmouth grunt
    scale rows below LL horizontal
  • elongate
    8 dark bars
    D XI
    Conodon nobilis, Barred grunt
    preopercle angle: 2 large spines
  • D XI-XII, wide gap
    tail base no keel
    Emmelichthyops atlanticus, the Bonnetmouth
    red-brown stripes; fins reddish
  • deep oval
    depression before eye
    D XIII (5th longest), 12
    soft D & A: no scales
    silvery, fins yellow
    Genyatremus cavifrons, Torroto grunt
    chin - no central groove
  • pale grey, fins dark
    iris white
    D XII, 16-17
    Haemulon album, Margate grunt
    gill rakers 21-23
    scales below LL oblique to body axis
  • 2 yellow stripes, fins pale, C base - black blotch
    juv: middle stripe short, C base - double spot
    D XIII-XIV, 15 (14-16)
    A 9
    Haemulon aurolineatum, Tomtate grunt
    scales below LL parallel to body axis
  • silver + thin oblque undulating stripes
    pectoral clear; C dark
    juv: middle stripe short, C base - 1 spot, broad front edge
    D XII, 15-16
    Haemulon bonariense, Black grunt
    gill rakers 18-24
    scale rows under LL oblique
    LL 45-48
  • elongate
    narrow stripes along scale rows (oblique above, horizontal below); C base - dark spot
    juv: middle & top stripes join under D, C base - double spot
    D XIII-XIV
    Haemulon boschmae, Bronzestripe grunt
    scale rows below LL horizontal
  • ~10 thin yellow stripes, fins black
    juv: middle stripe front 1/2 body, C base - oblong/oval spot
    D XII, 15 (14-16)
    Haemulon carbonarium, Cesar grunt, Caesar grunt
    scale rows below LL horizontal
  • silver + oblique brown lines
    fins yellowish
    black blotch on C base
    7-9 scale rows LL to D origin
  • ~12 yellow stripes, lower stripes diagonal; fins yellow
    juv: middle stripe v short, C base - double spot
    D XII, 15 (14-16)
    scales below front of LL 2X size of those above
    scale rows below LL oblique
  • silver above + 3 black stripes, black below; yellow - top back & fin edges
    juv: center & lower stripes converge, C base - dark wedge
    D XII, 15-17
    Haemulon macrostomum, Spanish grunt
    gill rakers 26-28
    scale rows below LL oblique
  • black stripe along top back joins black V on C
    juv: middle & lower stripes converge, C base - no spot
    D XII, 15-17
    Haemulon melanurum, Cottonwick grunt
    scale rows below LL oblique
  • black scale spots -> dotted oblique stripes; fins dark
    juv: middle & lower stripes converge, C base - 1 round spot
    D XII, 17 (16-18)
    A 8
    Haemulon parra, Sailor’s-choice grunt
    pectoral fin : at least inner 1/3 scaled
    scales below LL oblique to body axis
  • head: yellow & blue stripes on head; body- blue & yellow spots; fins pale
    juv: middle & lower stripes converge, C base - 1 round spot
    juv: lower body yellow lines
    D XII, 15-17
    Haemulon plumierii, White grunt
    scales above LL larger than those below
    scale rows below LL oblique
  • yellow + blue stripes, C & soft D black
    juv: center stripe front 1/2 body, C - elongate spot below level lower stripe
    juv: lower body - horizontal yellow stripes
    D XII, 16-17
    Haemulon sciurus, Bluestriped grunt
    scales below LL oblique to body axis
  • elongate
    5 yellow/bronze stripes, fins clear
    juv: middle stripe short; C base - indistinct oval spot
    D XIII, 13-14 (12-15)
    A 8 (7-9)
    Haemulon striatum, Striped grunt
    scale rows below LL oblique
  • snout yellow; body blue + thin stripes
    C lobes blackish + blue-white borders
    D XVI-XIX, notched but entire
    tail base with keel
  • scales - dark centers -> lines below LL, shoulder - dark blotch
    D XII, 13-15
    A spines short, weak
    D scales: 1 row on membranes
    10 rows scales under LL
  • head orange spots, body - short oblique orange lines
    D 12-13
    A 12-13
    10 scale rows above LL
  • head & body brown spots
    D 14-16
    A 10-11
    9-12 scale rows above LL
    Orthopristis scapularis, Corocoro grunt
  • ~6 white-edged black stripes
    tail base: 2 dark spots at top, black & white ocellus in center
  • body speckled
    D XIII, 11-13
    A 2nd spine long, thick
    D: no scales on membranes
    Rhonciscus crocro, Burro grunt
    16 rows scales under LL