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Haemulon melanurum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cottonwick grunt
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Venezuela country information

Common names: Mapurite
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Cervigón, F., 1993
Importance: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Caught often in La Tortuga and La Blanquilla Islands (Ref. 9626). Also Ref. 26280.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez, 1992
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Gorette mèche, Comical grunt, Cottonwick, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Haemulidae (Grunts) > Haemulinae
Etymology: Haemulon: Greek, haimaleos = bloody (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

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