Species: Haemulon vittatum, Boga grunt, the Boga

Haemulon vittatum (Poey, 1860)

Boga

Elongate, rounded fusiform body; snout about eye length; mouth small, opens at front, top jaw highly protrusible, covered by bone under eye when mouth is closed, scaleless; no teeth on jaws or roof of mouth; 2 large pores on chin;  preoperculum coarsely serrated, its corner extended and rounded; operculum with a broad, flat spine at rear; gill rakers long and slender; pectoral inserts high on flank, pointed; pelvic inserts just behind pectoral base; dorsal fin deeply notched XIV-XVII + II, 9-10, two parts of fin not or barely separated, no scales between them; anal fin II, 9; tail base broad, with a keel on each side; tail fin deeply forked; lateral line complete, extends onto tail fin, nearly to its edge; body and most of head with rough scales; second dorsal with a sheath of scales along its base; ~85 pored scales on lateral line.