Species: Haemulopsis elongatus, Elongate grunt, Sharp-snout grunt
Haemulopsis elongatus (Steindachner, 1879)
Elongate grunt, Sharp-snout grunt
Elongate; snout relatively long; forehead profile straight; mouth small, slightly oblique, opens at front; chin with 2 pairs of pores, rear pair in a deep hole; preopercle finely serrated; lower gill rakers 10-14; dorsal fin XII, 14-15, continuous, with notch between spiny and soft parts; anal rays III, 7-8, 2nd spine shorter than the 3rd, > eye, but not reaching base of 2nd last anal ray; pectoral fins shorter than head; body scales without small accessory scales; soft dorsal and anal with small scales between rays as well as a scaly sheath on base; lateral-line scales 50-54.
Silver; upper lips, rear of lower lips blackish; diffuse dark stripes sometimes evident on side; upper edge of gill opening narrowly blackish; dorsal and tail fins dusky, anal and pelvics yellowish; inside mouth not red.
Size: attains 30 cm.
Habitat: frequents coastal seas on sandy or muddy bottoms.
Depth: 0-66 m.
Southern Baja and the lower 3/4 of the Gulf of California to Panama.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom + water column
- Near Bottom
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Freshwater
- Water column
- Estuary
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Mud
- Beach
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Continent only
- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 30
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 66
