Haemulidae

The grunts are a family, Haemulidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes. They are numerous and widespread, with about 150 species in 19 genera, found in tropical fresh, brackish and salt waters around the world. They are bottom-feeding predators, and named for their ability to produce sound by grinding their teeth.

Genera

Anisotremus Gill, 1861
Boridia Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830
Brachydeuterus Gill, 1862
Conodon Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830
Diagramma Oken, 1817
Genyatremus Gill, 1862
Haemulon Cuvier, 1829
Haemulopsis Steindachner, 1869
Hapalogenys Richardson, 1844
Isacia Jordan and Fesler, 1893
Microlepidotus Gill, 1862
Orthopristis Girard, 1858
Parakuhlia Pellegrin, 1913
Parapristipoma Bleeker, 1873
Plectorhinchus Lacepède, 1801
Pomadasys Lacepède, 1802
Xenichthys Gill, 1863
Xenistius Jordan and Gilbert, 1883
Xenocys Jordan and Bollman, 1890

Species

Genus Anisotremus
(Gill, 1861)

<ul> <li>A. scapularis
(Tschudi, 1846) 
- Ecuador, Chile</li> </ul> <ul> <li> Burrito grunt
A. interruptus
(Gill, 1862)
- USA, Peru, Galapagos Islands</li> </ul> <ul> <li> Brownstriped grunt
A. moricandi 
(Ranzani, 1842) 
- Brazil</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Black margate
A. surinamensis
(Bloch, 1791)
- USA, Bahamas, Mexico, Caribbean, Brazil</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Carruco sargo
A. pacifici
(Günther, 1864)
- Mexico, Peru</li> </ul> <ul> <li> Panama porkfish
A. taeniatus
(Gill, 1861)
- Mexico, Peru</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Porkfish
A. virginicus 
(Linnaeus, 1758) 
- Bermuda, USA, Brazil, Mexico, Caribbean</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Silvergrey grunt
A. caesius 
 (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
- Mexico, Peru</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Spotted head sargo
 A. dovii
(Günther, 1864)
- USA, Peru</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Xantic sargo
A. davidsonii
(Steindachner, 1876)
- USA, Mexico </li> </ul>

Genus Boridia
(Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)

<ul> <li>Bourriqueta porgy
B. grossidens
(Cuvier, 1830)
Southwest Atlantic </li> </ul>

Genus Brachydeuterus
(Gill, 1862)

<ul> <li>Bigeye grunt
B. auritus
(Valenciennes, 1832)
Morocco, Angola</li> </ul>

Genus Conodon
(Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)

<ul> <li>Armed grunt
C. serrifer 
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
USA, Peru</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Barred grunt
C. nobilis 
(Linnaeus, 1758)
- USA, Jamaica, Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, Central and South America</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Lemoneye grunt
C. macrops
(Hildebrand, 1946)
- Colombia, Peru</li> </ul>

Genus Diagramma
(Oken, 1817)

<ul> <li>Blackfin slatey 
D. melanacrum
(Johnson & Randall, 2001)
- Indonesia, Borneo, Philippines </li> </ul> <ul> <li>D. labiosum
(Macleay, 1883)
- Red Sea, East Africa, western Pacific</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Painted sweetlips
D. pictum 
(Thunberg, 1792) 
- Red Sea, East Africa, Japan, New Caledonia </li> </ul> <ul> <li>D. punctatum
(Cuvier, 1830)
- Japan, ID, New Guinea, New Caledonia. </li> </ul>

Genus Genyatremus
(Gill, 1862)

<ul> <li>Torroto grunt
G. luteus 
(Bloch, 1790) 
- Colombia, Brazil </li> </ul>

Genus Haemulon
(Cuvier, 1829)

<ul> <li>Black grunt 
H. bonariense
(Cuvier, 1830)
- Greater Antilles, Brazil</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Bluestriped grunt
H. sciurus 
(Shaw, 1803)
- Florida, USA, Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Bronzestripe grunt 
H. boschmae 
(Metzelaar, 1919) 
- Colombia, French Guiana</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Caesar grunt 
H. carbonarium 
(Poey, 1860)
- USA, Bahamas, Yucatan, Mexico, Brazil, Caribbean</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Chere-chere grunt
H. steindachneri 
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
- Panama, Brazil, Mexico, Peru</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Cottonwick grunt
H. melanurum
(Linnaeus, 1758) 
- Bermuda, USA, Bahamas, Brazil</li> </ul> <ul> <li>French grunt
H. flavolineatum
(Desmarest, 1823) 
- Bermuda, USA, of Mexico, Brazil, W. Indies, Central America </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Grey grunt
 H. scudderii 
(Gill, 1862)
- Mexico, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Greybar grunt
H. sexfasciatum
(Gill, 1862)
- USA, Panama</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Grunt
H. plumierii
(Lacepède, 1801) 
- USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Brazil, Antilles </li> </ul> <ul> <li>H. schrankii
(Agassiz, 1831)
- Brazil</li> </ul> <ul> <li>H. serrula
(Cuvier, 1830) 
- Martinique Island</li> </ul> <ul> <li>H. squamipinna
(Rocha & Rosa, 1999)
- Brazil</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Sailor's grunt
H. parra 
(Desmarest, 1823) 
- Bahamas, USA, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Smallmouth grunt
H. chrysargyreum 
(Günther, 1859)
- USA, Bahamas, Yucatan, Mexico, Brazil </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Spanish grunt
H. macrostomum
(Günther, 1859)
- USA, Antilles, Brazil</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Spottail grunt
H. maculicauda
(Gill, 1862) 
- USA, Mexico, Colombia</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Striped grunt
H. striatum
(Linnaeus, 1758) 
- Bermuda, USA, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, Caribbean, Antilles </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Tomtate grunt
H. aurolineatum
(Cuvier, 1830)
- USA, Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil </li> </ul> <ul> <li>White margate
H. album
(Cuvier, 1830)
- USA, Bermuda, Bahamas, Brazil, W. Indies</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Yellowspotted grunt
 H. flaviguttatum 
 (Gill, 1862)
- Mexico, Ecuador</li> </ul>

Genus Haemulopsis
(Steindachner, 1869)

<ul> <li>Elongate grunt 
H. elongatus 
(Steindachner, 1879) 
- Mexico, Panama</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Shining grunt
H. nitidus 
(Steindachner, 1869) 
- Gulf of California, Peru</li> </ul> <ul> <li>White grunt 
H. leuciscus
(Günther, 1864) 
- Gulf of California to Peru</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Yellowstripe grunt
H. axillaris
(Steindachner, 1869) 
- Mexico to Ecuador</li> </ul>

Genus Isacia
(Jordan and Fesler, 1893)

<ul> <li>Cabinza grunt
I. conceptionis
(Cuvier, 1830) 
- Peru, Chile, Nicaragua </li> </ul>

Genus Microlepidotus
(Gill, 1862)

<ul> <li>Humpback grunt
 M. brevipinnis 
(Steindachner, 1869) 
- USA, Panama</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Wavyline grunt
M. inornatus
(Gill, 1862)
- Mexico, USA</li> </ul>

Genus Orthopristis
(Girard, 1858)

<ul> <li>Sheephead grunt
O. cantharinus 
(Jenyns, 1840) 
- Mexico, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Brassy grunt 
O. chalceus 
(Günther, 1864) 
- Mexico, Panama, Galapagos Islands</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Pigfish 
O. chrysoptera 
(Linnaeus, 1766) 
- USA, Bermuda, Mexico</li> </ul> <ul> <li>O. forbesi 
(Jordan & Starks, 1897)
- Galapagos Islands</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Scalyfin grunt 
O. lethopristis 
(Jordan & Fesler, 1889)
- Galapagos Islands</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Corocoro cubano 
O. poeyi
(Scudder, 1868) 
- Cuba</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Bronze-striped grunt 
O. reddingi 
(Jordan & Richardson, 1895)
- Gulf of California</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Corocoro grunt 
O. ruber 
(Cuvier, 1830) 
- Honduras, Brazil</li> </ul>

Genus Parakuhlia
(Pellegrin, 1913)

<ul> <li>Dara
 P. macrophthalmus
(Osório, 1893) 
- Senegal, Angola</li> </ul>

Genus Parapristipoma
(Bleeker, 1873)

<ul> <li>Guinean grunt
P. humile 
(Bowdich, 1825) 
- Distribution is difficult to establish because this species is often confused with Parapristipoma octolineatum</li> </ul> <ul> <li>P. macrops 
(Pellegrin, 1912) 
- Spain, Portugal, Angola, Mediterranean</li> </ul> <ul> <li>African striped grunt
P. octolineatum 
(Valenciennes, 1833) 
- Angola</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Chicken grunt
 P. trilineatum 
(Thunberg, 1793) 
- Japan, East China Sea, Taiwan</li> </ul>

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Genus Plectorhinchus
(Lacepède, 1801)

<ul> <li> Barred rubberlip
P. plagiodesmus 
(Fowler, 1935)</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Biglip grunt
P. macrolepis 
(Boulenger, 1899)
- Senegal, Angola</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Blackspotted rubberlip 
P. gaterinus
(Forsskål, 1775)
- Red Sea, S Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoro I.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Bronzestriped grunt
P. taeniatus
(McKay & Randall, 1995)
- Arabian Peninsula</li> </ul> <ul> <li> Celebes sweetlips
P. celebicus
(Bleeker, 1873)
- Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Ryukyu Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Micronesia </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Crescent sweetlips 
P. cinctus
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
- Arabian Sea, Japan</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Dusky rubberlip
P. chubbi
(Regan, 1919)
Somalia, Kenya, India, S Africa, ID.</li> </ul> <ul> <li> Giant sweetlips
P. obscurus 
(Günther, 1872) </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Harlequin sweetlips
 P. chaetodonoides
(Lacepède, 1801)
- Maldives, Cocos Islands, Sumatra, Fiji, New Caledonia, Ryukyu I., Rowley Shoals</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Harry hotlips 
P. gibbosus
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853) </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Indian Ocean Oriental Sweetlips 
 P. vittatus
(Linnaeus, 1758) </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Lesson's thicklip 
P. lessonii
(Cuvier, 1830)</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Lemon sweetlip
P. flavomaculatus
(Cuvier, 1830) </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Lined grunt
P. punctulatus
(Rüppell, 1838)
- Red Sea, Gulf of Oman</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Lined sweetlips 
P. gaterinoides
(Smith, 1962) </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Many-lined sweetlips
P. multivittatus 
(Macleay, 1878) </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Minstrel sweetlip 
 P. schotaf 
(Forsskål, 1775) </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Oriental sweetlips
P. orientalis 
(Bloch, 1793)
- E Africa, Samoa, Japan, New Caledonia, Palau, Micronesia</li> </ul> <ul> <li>P. faetela
(Forsskål, 1775) </li> </ul> <ul> <li>P. harrawayi 
(Smith, 1952)</li> </ul> <ul> <li>P. macrospilus
(Satapoomin & Randall, 2000)</li> </ul> <ul> <li>P. nigrus
(Cuvier, 1830)
- Indo-Pacific</li> </ul> <ul> <li>P. trifasciatus
(Fowler, 1937)
- Australia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea</li> </ul> <ul> <li>P. umbrinus
(Klunzinger, 1870) </li> </ul> <ul> <li>P. punctatissimus 
(Playfair, 1868) </li> </ul> <ul> <li>P. unicolor
(Macleay, 1883) </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Painted Sweetlip
P. picus
(Cuvier, 1830)
- Seychelles, Japan</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Parrot grunt
P. perotaei 
(Cuvier, 1830) 
- Mauritania, Angola</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Pigsnout grunt
P. rogerii 
(Cuvier, 1830) 
- Mauritania, Angola</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Red patched grunter
P. unimaculatus 
(Tian, 1982)
- China, Malaysia</li> </ul> <ul> <li> Ribboned sweetlips
P. polytaenia 
(Bleeker, 1852) </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Rubberlip grunt
P. mediterraneus 
(Guichenot, 1850)
- Spain, Portugal, Namibia, Mediterranean Sea, Canary I. </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Sordid rubberlip
 P. sordidus 
(Klunzinger, 1870)</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Sri Lanka sweetlips
P. ceylonensis
(Smith, 1956)
- Sri Lanka</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Striped grunter
P. striatus 
(Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
- Mozambique, S Africa, Red Sea, Gulf of Suez</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Striped sweetlips 
 P. diagrammus
(Linnaeus, 1758)</li> </ul> <ul> <li> Trout sweetlips 
P. pictus 
(Tortonese, 1936)
- Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, China</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Two-striped sweetlips
P. albovittatus
(Rüppell, 1838)
- Red Sea, Celebes, Taiwan, Tonga, Mozambique </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Whitebarred rubberlip
P. playfairi 
(Pellegrin, 1914) </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Yellowbanded sweetlips
 P. lineatus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
- Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Yellow-lined grunter
P. quadrilineatus 
(Shen & Lin, 1984)
- China, Japan</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Yellow-striped sweetlips
 P. chrysotaenia
(Bleeker, 1855)
- Singapore, Philippines, Solomon I., Ryukyu I, Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia</li> </ul> <ul> <li> Zebra sweetlip 
P. paulayi 
(Steindachner, 1895) </li> </ul>

Genus Pomadasys
(Lacepède, 1802)

<ul> <li>Banded grunter
P. furcatus 
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Somalia, Mozambique, Madagascar, S Africa, Sri Lanka, Red Sea, Indonesia</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Bastard grunt 
P. incisus
(Bowdich, 1825) 
- Strait of Gibraltar, Angola
 </li> <li>Bigspine grunt
P. empherus 
(Bussing, 1993)
- Costa Rica</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Bluecheek silver grunt
P. argyreus 
(Valenciennes, 1833)
- Pakistan, Sri Lanka, SE Asia</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Burro Grunt
P. crocro</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Cock grunter
P. multimaculatum
(Playfair, 1867)
- Africa, Australia</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Javelin grunter
P. kaakan 
(Cuvier, 1830)
- Red Sea, Africa, SE Asia, Taiwan, Australia</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Longhead grunt
P. auritus
(Cuvier, 1830) 
- China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Longspine grunt
P. macracanthus
(Günther, 1864)
- Mexico, Ecuador</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Manylined grunter
P. laurentino 
(Smith, 1953) 
- Mozambique</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Olive grunt
 P. olivaceus 
(Day, 1875)
- Namibia, Africa, Madagascar, Arabia, India, Malaysia</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Panama grunt 
 P. panamensis 
(Steindachner, 1876)
- Gulf of California, Peru</li> </ul> <ul> <li>P. guoraca
(Cuvier, 1829)
- Africa, Philippines</li> </ul> <ul> <li>P. hasta
(Bloch, 1790)
- Indo-West Pacific</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Purplemouth grunt
 P. bayanus 
(Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
- USA, Mexico, Peru</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Roughneck grunt
P. corvinaeformis
(Steindachner, 1868)
- Mexico, Caribbean, Antilles, Brazil</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Saddle grunt
P. maculatus
(Bloch, 1793)
- Indian Ocean, China, Australia</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Sand grunt
 P. branickii 
(Steindachner, 1879)
- Mexico, Peru</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Silver grunt
 P. argenteus
(Forsskål, 1775)
- Red Sea, Philippines, Persian Gulf, Japan, Australia, New Caledonia</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Smallspotted grunter
P. commersonnii 
(Lacepède, 1801)
- India, Oman, S Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Sompat grunt 
P. jubelini
(Cuvier, 1830)
- Mauritania, Angola </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Yellowback grunt
P. aheneus
(McKay & Randall, 1995)
- Oman</li> </ul>

Genus Xenichthys
(Gill, 1863)

<ul> <li>X. agassizii </li> </ul> <ul> <li> X. rupestris </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Longfin salema
X. xanti </li> </ul>

Genus Xenistius
(Jordan and Gilbert, 1883)

<ul> <li>Californian salema
X. californiensis </li> </ul> <ul> <li>X. peruanus</li> </ul>

Genus Xenocys
(Jordan and Bollman, 1890)

<ul> <li>X. jessiae </li> </ul></td> </tr> </table>

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Translation

The word "Haemulidae" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese.

Translation(s) in other languages: Catalan: Hemúlid, German: Süßlippen, Divehi: ކަނޑު ގުރުވަ އާއިލާ (މަސް), Persian: سنگسرماهیان, Lithuanian: Ešeriai kriuksiai, Dutch: Grombaarzen, Japanese: イサキ科, Polish: Luszczowate, Finnish: Murisijat, Swedish: Grymtfiskar, Tagalog: Aguot, Tamil: ஈமுலைடீ, Chinese: 石鱸科.


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