Haemulidae
- This article is about a family of fishes. For other uses of Grunt, see Grunt .
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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 fresh, brackish and salt waters around the world.
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
- see also: Haemulon flavolineatum
References
- "Haemulidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. March 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Haemulidae". Image Credit.
