Virginia grunt
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Virginia grunt ( Anisotremus virginicus ) |
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| Linnaeus , 1758 |
The Virginia grunt ( Anisotremus virginicus ) or pig grunt belongs to the sweetlips and grunts (Haemulidae). It owes its German name to its ability to make grunting sounds with the help of its fangs and swim bladder .
It lives in the tropical, western Atlantic from Bermuda to Brazil , in the Caribbean and on the eastern coast of Central America .
Appearance
Virginia grunts have a light, white-blue basic color, yellow vertical stripes and yellow fins. Thick, black, vertical stripes run over the eyes and behind the gill covers. The young fish lack the black vertical stripes and the yellow vertical stripes. Instead, they have two black vertical stripes on the flanks and a black point on the tail stalk. The soft radiating part of the dorsal fin is white, the head and back are yellow. They become 45 centimeters long.
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
- Anisotremus virginicus on Fishbase.org (English)