Species: Haemulopsis nitidus, Shining grunt, Short-spine grunt, Silver grunt
Haemulopsis nitidus (Steindachner, 1869)
Shining grunt, Silver grunt, Short-spine grunt
Moderately elongate oval body; dorsal and ventral profiles of head about equal; 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 14-16; dorsal fin XII, 14-15, continuous, with notch between spiny and soft parts; anal rays III, 7-9, 2nd spine very short, equal to or < eye diameter; pectoral fins reach past pelvics but not to anus, 3rd spine about same length as second spine, reaching to base of penultimate soft ray; 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 50-53.
Silver; a black blotch at beginning of lateral line; diffuse dark stripes evident on side along scale rows.
Size: attains 30 cm.
Habitat: coastal seas on sandy or muddy bottoms.
Depth: 0-50 m.
Southern Baja and the Gulf of California to Ecuador.
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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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- Near Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Mud
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Water column
- Beach
- Sand & gravel
- Estuary
- 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 crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic worms
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continental TEP endemic
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Continent
- Continent only
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- 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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- 50
