French grunt

French grunt
French grunt ( Haemulon flavolineatum )
Systematics
Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae) Order : Lutjaniformes Family : Sweetlips and Grunts (Haemulidae) Subfamily : Grunt (haemulinae) Genre : Haemulon Type : French grunt
Scientific name
Haemulon flavolineatum
Desmarest , 1823

The French grunt ( Haemulon flavolineatum ), also known as the yellow grunt fish , is a fish from the sweetlipped and grunt family (Haemulidae).

features

a group of French grunts

It is fully grown up to 30 cm tall (males). Their bright yellow stripes run slightly diagonally, which makes the animals easily distinguishable from the blue-stripe grunts related to them .

distribution

French grunts are common in the West Atlantic, from the coast of South Carolina to the coast of Brazil, around Bermuda and the West Indies . There they can be found in water depths of up to 60 meters in rock and coral reefs .

Way of life

The French grunt occurs mostly in large schools. It lives under rocky outcrops or corals of the species Acropora palmata , young animals are often found in seagrass meadows . The animals mainly eat small crustaceans . The marine woodlouse Gnathia marleyi is an ectoparasite of the fish.

literature

• Hans A. Baensch / Robert A. Patzner: Mergus Sea Water Atlas Volume 7 Perciformes (perch-like) . Mergus-Verlag, Melle, ISBN 3-88244-107-0

Web links

Commons : Haemulon flavolineatum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• French grunt on Fishbase.org (English)