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  • pale grey, fins dark
    iris white
    D XII, 16-17
    Haemulon album, Margate, Margate Grunt
    gill rakers 21-23
    scales below LL oblique to body axis
  • silver + oblique brown lines
    fins yellowish
    black blotch on C base
    Haemulon atlanticus, Latin Grunt, Atlantic Latin Grunt
    7-9 scale rows LL to D origin
  • 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, 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, Caesar Grunt
    scale rows below LL horizontal
  • ~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 macrostoma, 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, 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, Sailors Choice, Sailors 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
    Haemulon vittatum, Boga, Boga Grunt