3.3.9.1.12 Haemulidae (Grunts, Sweetlips, Rubberlips, Hotlips)

3.3.9.1.12 Haemulidae (Grunts, Sweetlips, Rubberlips, Hotlips)

  • Scales present on entire head (except front of snout, tips and chin)
  • Chin with 2 pores anteriorly and a median pit or 6 pores and no pit in Ptectorhincus
  • Preopercle with a slightly concave and serrated posterior margin
  • Opercle with 1 indistinct spine
  • Tips thick, tip of upper jaw hidden when mouth closed
  • Anal fin with 3 spines, the second often very strong

Eg. Plectorhinchus gibbosus

Haemulidae (Grunts, Sweetlips, Rubberlips, Hotlips)

Similar Families

Lutjanidae, Lethrinidae, Nemipteridae and Sparidae.

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