| Aspect: | Streamilned siver body with five yellow stripes running hrizontally from head to rear, all fins and tail are plain yellow |
| Population: | Common, live in schools often with other species of grunts |
| Notable feature: | Centre yellow line starts from snout, runs across eye to tail, flanked by two parallel lines above and under. The name "Grunt" is owed to the sound they can produce under stress. |
| Environment: | Usually found close to bottom, turning around rocks, boulders and wrecks. |
| Behaviour: | Unbothered by divers. |
Last update: 22/10/15
Smallmouth Grunt
- French designation: Gorette or-argent
- Latin designation: Haemulon chrysargyreum
- Creole designation: Goret rele
- Latin family: Haemulidae
- Size (cm): 18-25
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