Yellowspotted grunt (Haemulon flaviguttatum)

Scientific name: Haemulon flaviguttatum Gill, 1862

Yellowspotted grunt (Haemulon flaviguttatum)

The Yellowspotted grunt (Haemulon flaviguttatum) is a marine fish of the family Haemulidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, Mexico to Ecuador.

Biology

Body oblong, compressed, and fairly deep (depth contained 3.0 to 3.1 times in standard length); mouth large, terminal, and oblique, its anterior edge located at the same level as the center of the eye; first gill arch with 26 to 36 gill rakers; dorsal fin notched, with 10 to 12 spines and 15 to 18 soft rays (X-XII, 15-18); second anal spine longer and stronger than third; scale series above lateral line oblique; body light brown; each scale bearing a pearly blue spot, the spots appearing to form lines following the scale series; fins yellowish.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Haemulon flaviguttatum
Family
Haemulidae (Grunts)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
42.0
Common length
35.0
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Ecuador.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.12)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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