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. It is made up of the two subfamilies Haemulinae (grunts) and Plectorhynchinae (sweetlips), which contain about 133 species in 19 genera around the world.^[4] These fishes are commonly found in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions, inhabiting marine, brackish, and sometimes fresh waters.

Grunts
Haemulon album
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Haemulidae T. N. Gill, 1885[1]
Subfamilies[2]
Haemulinae Gill, 1885 Plectorhynchinae Jordan & Thompson 1912
Synonyms[1][3]
Pomadasyidae Regan, 1913 Inermiidae Jordan, 1923

The family shows many feeding adaptations from bottom-feeding predation to water-column planktivory and is named for the ability of Haemulinae to produce sounds by grinding their pharyngeal teeth.^[5] Some species engage in mutualistic relationships with cleaner gobies of the genus Elacatinus, allowing them to feed on ectoparasites on their bodies.^[6]

Subfamilies and genera

The family Haemulidae is divided into the following subfamilies and genera:^[3][7]

• Haemulinae
  • Anisotremus Gill 1861
  • Boridia Cuvier, 1830
  • Brachydeuterus Gill, 1862
  • Conodon Cuvier, 1830
  • Emmelichthyops Schultz, 1945
  • Haemulon Cuvier, 1829
  • Haemulopsis Steindachner, 1869
  • Inermia Poey, 1860
  • Isacia Jordan & Fesler, 1893
  • Microlepidotus Gill, 1862
  • Orthopristis Girard, 1858
  • Parakuhlia Pellegrin, 1913
  • Pomadasys Lacépède, 1802
  • Xenichthys Gill, 1862
  • Xenistius Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
  • Xenocys Jordan & Bollman, 1890
• Plectorhynchinae
  • Diagramma Oken, 1817
  • Genyatremus Gill, 1862
  • Parapristipoma Bleeker, 1873
  • Plectorhinchus Lacépède, 1802

See also

• List of fish families