Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Eupercaria/misc
Family: Haemulidae Grunts
Subfamily: Plectorhinchinae
Genus: Parapristipoma

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4 species (see list below)
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Photo by Wirtz, P.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 37.5 cm TL
Parapristipoma humile (Bowdich, 1825)

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Parapristipoma humile
[Guinean grunt]
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Max. Length 40 cm
 
Parapristipoma macrops
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Photo by Hernández-González, C.L.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 50 cm SL
Parapristipoma octolineatum (Valenciennes, 1833)

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Parapristipoma octolineatum
[African striped grunt]

Photo by Calton Law@114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 40 cm SL
Parapristipoma trilineatum (Thunberg, 1793)

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Parapristipoma trilineatum
[Chicken grunt]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Parapristipoma humile Guinean grunt Eastern Atlantic 37.5 TL 1825
Parapristipoma macrops Eastern Atlantic 40 1912
Parapristipoma octolineatum African striped grunt Eastern Atlantic 50 SL 1833
Parapristipoma trilineatum Chicken grunt Indo-West Pacific 40 SL 1793



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