Species: Haemulon striatum, Striped grunt
5 yellow/bronze stripes, fins clear
juv: middle stripe short; C base - indistinct oval spot
A 8 (7-9)
Haemulon striatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Striped grunt
Body elongate, only slightly compressed; body depth 26-32% of SL; head blunt, its upper profile slightly convex; snout short; eyes near mouth; rear margin of bone under eye concealed by scales; mouth small to moderate, lips not fleshy; underside of chin with 2 large pores and a central groove; preoperculum finely serrated, without spines; gill rakers 28-34; dorsal fin continuous, with small to moderate notch in middle, rays XIII, 13-14 (12-15); anal rays III, 8 (7-9), 2nd and 3rd spines similar; tail forked; soft dorsal and anal densely scaled nearly to the edge of the fin; scales rough; scales over entire body and head except front of snout, lips and chin; pectoral fin scaled on base only; lateral-line scales 51-53; scale rows below lateral line oblique to body axis.
Adult: grey to bluish above, silvery on belly; snout sometimes yellow; 5 bronze to brown stripes along upper 2/3 of head and body; fins clear to chalky; inside mouth red. Juvenile: two long dark stripes + short thin dark stripe from top rear of eye; a faint (or absent) oval dark spot on tail-fin base.
Size: attains 28 cm.
Habitat: forms schools over shelf edge reefs.
Depth: 1-210 m.
Georgia to Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Near Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Water column
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Pelagic crustacea
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Atlantic + Indo-West Pacific Oceans
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Continent
- All species..
- Also in Brazil
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 28
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 210
