Species: Haemulopsis corvinaeformis, Roughneck grunt
A spines short, weak
Haemulopsis corvinaeformis (Steindachner, 1868)
Roughneck grunt
Body elongate, robust, (depth 25-30% of SL), strongly compressed; rear margin of bone under eye concealed by scales; mouth small to moderate size, inside not red, lips thin; chin with 2 pores at front and 2 inside hole behind, plus a longitudinal groove; preopercle finely serrated, ventral serrations not forward pointing; 10-12 short lower gill rakers; dorsal fin XII, 13-15; anal rays III, 6-7, spines all short and weak; scales over entire body and head except front of snout, lips and chin; scales in longitudinal series just above lateral-line 49-52; 5-6 scale rows above and 10 rows below lateral line; soft dorsal fin with a low sheath of scales on its base and 1 row of scales on membranes between rays.
Dark olive above, silvery below; a diffuse dark blotch on shoulder; lips with dark edges; a dark line along each row of scales below the lateral line; scales above lateral line with dark centers that do not form lines; dorsal, tail, anal and pelvic fins with dark edges.
Size: grows to at least 25 cm.
Inhabits on mud and sand bottoms or low relief rubble and hard bottoms.
Depth: 0-50 m.
Cuba to Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Freshwater
- Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Mud
- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- Extends South of GC
- Continent + Island (s)
- Continent
- Continental primarily
- Also in Brazil
- All species..
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 25
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 50
