Species: Genyatremus cavifrons, Torroto grunt
depression before eye
soft D & A: no scales
Genyatremus cavifrons (Cuvier, 1830)
Torroto grunt
Body a deep oval, compressed; head small, blunt, depression before eye; rear margin of bone under eye concealed by scales; mouth large, low, ~horizontal; inside mouth not red; teeth in bands on jaws, outer ones larger, conical; 2 pores but no central groove on underside of chin; preopercle strongly serrated at angle; dorsal continuous, but not deeply notched, XIII, 12, 5th spine longest, forming a peak in center of fin; tail forked; anal fin III, 2nd spine strongest, 11 soft rays; scales small, in oblique rows above, horizontal rows below; scales over entire body and head except front of snout, lips and chin; soft dorsal and anal without scales; pored lateral line scales 51-53.
Body silvery, with a yellow cast; edge of preopercle yellow; dorsal fin with silver spines, black membranes, soft dorsal yellow; pectorals yellow; pelvics yellow with a black rear edge; anal fin yellowish; base of tail fin yellowish, rear edge black; sometimes a broad blackish area along side of body to tail base.
Reaches 37 cm.
Lives on soft bottoms, typically in brackish estuaries.
Depth range: 1-40 m, usually in < 20 m.
Venezuela to Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Estuary
- Mud
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- GC non-endemic
- Continent
- Island (s)
- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- Extends South of GC
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 37
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 40
