Haemulon plumierii
White grunt | Grey Grunt | Jolle Cocoon | Redmouth Grunt | Boar Grunt | White Snapper | Common Grunt | Haemulon plumieri
Same Genus
Distribution
Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean
Description
High body with a pointed snout and a straight, sloping forehead profile. Body with blue spots on scale centres, fading and becoming more scattered towards tail, and yellow fading on belly. Head with numerous blue stripes. Back ground colour may vary but most commonly yellow. Juveniles with small black spot on tail base. Forms dense aggregations on reefs and over sand.
Information
Max Size: 53 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 22.1-31.1°C
Depth: 3-40m
Habitat Generalization Index: 24.62
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Common (26.8% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Many (18 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: Joe Shields