Scientific Name
Haemulon macrostomum
Common Name
Spanish grunt
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 12;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 15-17;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 9. Maxilla reaching to below center of eye; soft portion of dorsal fin relatively high; silvery gray with dark stripes on upper half of body, the region between the upper most stripe and the dorsal fin yellow (Ref. 13442).