Haemulidae

This article is about a family of fishes. For other uses of Grunt, see Grunt (disambiguation).

Haemulidae is a family of fishes in the order Perciformes known commonly as grunts. There are about 133 species in 19 genera.[1] These fish are found in tropical fresh, brackish, and salt waters around the world. They are bottom-feeding predators, and named for their ability to produce sound by grinding their teeth.[2] They also engage in mutualistic relationship with cleaner gobies of genus Elacatinus, allowing them to feed on ectoparasites on their bodies.[3]

Timeline

Quaternary Neogene Paleogene Holocene Pleist. Miocene Oligocene Eocene Paleocene Anisotremus Plectorhinchus Brachydeuterus Xenistius Pomadasys Orthopristis Isacia Quaternary Neogene Paleogene Holocene Pleist. Miocene Oligocene Eocene Paleocene

See also

Notes

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Haemulidae" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
  2. Johnson, G.D. & Gill, A.C. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N., ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 184. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
  3. Sazima, I.; et al. (September 2000). "Daily cleaning activity and diversity of clients of the barber goby, Elacatinus figaro, on rocky reefs in southeastern Brazil". Environmental Biology of Fishes 59 (1): 69–77. doi:10.1023/a:1007655819374.

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